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MeganL3985
10-14-2007, 11:33 PM
Up until about 4 days ago my neons were little pigs.....now i'm down to one small pinch a day and they still don't want to touch it. I dunno whats going on. Nothing has changed. I was thinking about not feeding them for a day and then trying again...maybe make them realize what hunger is again? lol
Its just weird how its just been in the past few days.
squirt_12
10-14-2007, 11:36 PM
yeah....that is weird. Are you changing their diet regularly?? what they are eating??
MeganL3985
10-14-2007, 11:38 PM
Regular tetra flake....I haven't switched anything up. so I dunno, its just odd that they would not eat out of no where.
squirt_12
10-14-2007, 11:40 PM
well sometimes i would give them some different type of fod. Like frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp. They will enjoy these and it will keep them eating their normal flake food. Thats what i do. And you can give them the frozen stuff once a week.
zackish
10-15-2007, 12:29 AM
My tetras and rasboras haven't been eating a lot lately either. Maybe they just need a break.
MeganL3985
10-15-2007, 02:31 AM
Thats what i'm thinking. I let mine go for a day, maybe they'll be hungry in a few minutes when I feed them b4 bed. If not I'll go out to the store and buy something else. Either that or maybe now would be a good time to order some NLS, since i'll be getting new fish for the 29gal soon.
squirt_12
10-15-2007, 02:35 AM
Thats weird...my tetras have never done that before . And i am always feedig them something different. huh....strange...hopefully they will start eating soon.
zackish
10-15-2007, 05:36 AM
Thats what i'm thinking. I let mine go for a day, maybe they'll be hungry in a few minutes when I feed them b4 bed. If not I'll go out to the store and buy something else. Either that or maybe now would be a good time to order some NLS, since i'll be getting new fish for the 29gal soon.

Be careful with NLS and tetras. If I am not mistaken NLS doesn't make flake....just very very small pellets. My tetras didn't even eat the smallest pellets. My tetras only eat blood worms or flakes so just giving you a warning and something to reconsider.
Lady Hobbs
10-15-2007, 08:29 AM
I did find one flake they carry. Also garlic flakes, I believe.
MeganL3985
10-15-2007, 02:11 PM
Yeah they do carry flakes :)
CAF
10-15-2007, 02:31 PM
Whats the weather like there? I have seen my neons stop eating right before a big cold front....
MeganL3985
10-15-2007, 07:02 PM
Its been pretty chilly the past few days, but today its around 80.
CAF
10-15-2007, 07:08 PM
Try doing a WC with slightly cooler water and see if it helps. They may end up spawning, but if they eat afterwards that would be the goal, right? LOL
Spyder
10-15-2007, 09:07 PM
I feed my small Tetras frozen BBS every day. They also get flake but the BBS is what they really go for.
squirt_12
10-15-2007, 09:12 PM
I feed my small Tetras frozen BBS every day. They also get flake but the BBS is what they really go for.
i thought BBS should only be fed once a week cause they can cause swim bladder??
Spyder
10-15-2007, 09:53 PM
i thought BBS should only be fed once a week cause they can cause swim bladder??


Never heard of that one!
MeganL3985
10-16-2007, 01:19 AM
I picked up some bloodworms earlier, the tetras ate them :)
squirt_12
10-16-2007, 01:21 AM
I picked up some bloodworms earlier, the tetras ate them :)
well thats good that they are eating them....i knew that they would eat them...i don't think that any fish can resiste them. But give it to them max once a week. Give them some flakes before you go to bed and see if they eat the flakes. They might eat them now but if they don't then i don't know whats wrong.