Greetings:
I completed 4 weeks of fish-less cycling of a 30 gal tank last Friday. On Saturday I purchased 4 Neon Tetras and placed them in the tank after suspending the plastic bag in the water for about 20 minutes. These fish redefine active...they were all over the tank making a complete assessment and finally settled down in the evening. I fed them and they went crazy again vacuuming everything in sight. When I fed them this Morning I noticed that they were not as eager to pounce on the food flakes. This evening when I got settled down I fed them again. They appeared to be much more particular about what they took in. In fact, they would pass up food and continue to hunt making quick dashes around the Aquarium. They are swimming fine, schooling as usual but they seem to be very finicky over the food. I have reading material here but cannot find any particular points that relate to this type of behavior. Any advice, questions, or suggestions will be appreciated.
Ciao,
Don
I completed 4 weeks of fish-less cycling of a 30 gal tank last Friday. On Saturday I purchased 4 Neon Tetras and placed them in the tank after suspending the plastic bag in the water for about 20 minutes. These fish redefine active...they were all over the tank making a complete assessment and finally settled down in the evening. I fed them and they went crazy again vacuuming everything in sight. When I fed them this Morning I noticed that they were not as eager to pounce on the food flakes. This evening when I got settled down I fed them again. They appeared to be much more particular about what they took in. In fact, they would pass up food and continue to hunt making quick dashes around the Aquarium. They are swimming fine, schooling as usual but they seem to be very finicky over the food. I have reading material here but cannot find any particular points that relate to this type of behavior. Any advice, questions, or suggestions will be appreciated.
Ciao,
Don