feeding - Aquarium Advice

hoodla dollas · 01-31-2005, 06:33 PM

i just got some new fish but they are hiding out on the bottom of my 55 [acronym:fae5154a87="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:fae5154a87] tank. they wont come up for feeding. is there sinking food for cichlids or is there some other way to feed them. i tried a live feeding to bring the fush to the surface but that didnt work either. im gonna do some more reading but any help would be great.thanks

**Fluff** · 01-31-2005, 06:41 PM

I feed my baby altos a cichlid crumble. I believe it's by Tetra. I've never had a problem with this food sinking to the bottom. That's were they eat it. I also feed my s. badis frozen/thawed brine. That sinks as well. [acronym:4bc4133a39="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:4bc4133a39]

Sonia · 01-31-2005, 08:28 PM

What species of fish are they? What are the water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, [acronym:d42f12adf3="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]PH[/acronym:d42f12adf3], temp)? Is the tank cycled? What other fish are in there if any? Did you just get them today?

**Devilishturtles** · 01-31-2005, 10:11 PM

It's quite normal for fish to be a little scared for the first few days. I would follow the advice of others and get the slow sinking food. I feed the chiclids where I work TetraChiclid slow sinking granules. They eat em up!

Good luck, but be patient

hoodla dollas · 02-02-2005, 01:25 AM

i picked up some sinking food
its working good

01-31-2005, 06:33 PM	#1
hoodla dollas Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: milwaukee, wi Posts: 15	feeding i just got some new fish but they are hiding out on the bottom of my 55 [acronym:fae5154a87="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:fae5154a87] tank. they wont come up for feeding. is there sinking food for cichlids or is there some other way to feed them. i tried a live feeding to bring the fush to the surface but that didnt work either. im gonna do some more reading but any help would be great.thanks

01-31-2005, 06:41 PM	#2
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,170 Images: 29	I feed my baby altos a cichlid crumble. I believe it's by Tetra. I've never had a problem with this food sinking to the bottom. That's were they eat it. I also feed my s. badis frozen/thawed brine. That sinks as well. [acronym:4bc4133a39="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:4bc4133a39] __________________ ~Cindy

02-02-2005, 01:25 AM	#5
hoodla dollas Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: milwaukee, wi Posts: 15	solved i picked up some sinking food its working good

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01-31-2005, 08:28 PM	#3
Sonia Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 79 Images: 5	What species of fish are they? What are the water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, [acronym:d42f12adf3="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]PH[/acronym:d42f12adf3], temp)? Is the tank cycled? What other fish are in there if any? Did you just get them today?