Barnaby Jones
01-27-2009, 02:41 PM
Trust me, I have read all the articles on all the different things these hardy, opportunistic feeders will eat, but I wanted to get some first hand knowledge (that is why I signed on here, after all).
So what do you guys feed yours? My fish is approximately 6 inches long and quite chubby :hmm3grin2orange: . He will eat Cichlid gold large sinking pellets. At first he ate as many as I would drop in, but now a lot of times he misses them and lets them fall to the bottom of the tank. This is a nuisance because I had to remove my Pleco due to fin nibbling issues, and now the food just collects (until I vacuum weekly). I never seem to know when my FH is hungry now..sometimes he will eat 5 or 6 pellets in a row and other times he will just let them sink and ignore them. I am at work from 8am-6pm so I try to feed him in the morning (usually no luck) and at night. In the evening I will usually try a few pellets every hour until bed, and that seems to help. He just seems so picky, and it makes me nervous.
Some info: The ammonia levels increased from 0 to a little over .25 recently. I did a water change and it went back to normal, but I have had to do this a lot lately (my bio wheel stopped spinning and dried out, so I think my bio filter is re-establishing).
This fish was a rescue. He was in an over populated tank and was pale gray when he came to me. Since then he has turned a very pretty blue/speckled. He seemed to acclimate fine, but now seems to not be eating as much, as stated above.
Anyone have any input?
So what do you guys feed yours? My fish is approximately 6 inches long and quite chubby :hmm3grin2orange: . He will eat Cichlid gold large sinking pellets. At first he ate as many as I would drop in, but now a lot of times he misses them and lets them fall to the bottom of the tank. This is a nuisance because I had to remove my Pleco due to fin nibbling issues, and now the food just collects (until I vacuum weekly). I never seem to know when my FH is hungry now..sometimes he will eat 5 or 6 pellets in a row and other times he will just let them sink and ignore them. I am at work from 8am-6pm so I try to feed him in the morning (usually no luck) and at night. In the evening I will usually try a few pellets every hour until bed, and that seems to help. He just seems so picky, and it makes me nervous.
Some info: The ammonia levels increased from 0 to a little over .25 recently. I did a water change and it went back to normal, but I have had to do this a lot lately (my bio wheel stopped spinning and dried out, so I think my bio filter is re-establishing).
This fish was a rescue. He was in an over populated tank and was pale gray when he came to me. Since then he has turned a very pretty blue/speckled. He seemed to acclimate fine, but now seems to not be eating as much, as stated above.
Anyone have any input?