Cardinals Not Exactly Liking The Flakes

[PrettyFishies]

So, my school of 6 cardinals acclimated themselves overnight, but they are not exactly interested in the flake food. Neither are my swordtails - at least the swordtails eat the flakes - and the algae wafers... But neither will go to the surface and eat like a good fishie. I tried sparking the instinct by tapping teh surface, I fed them brine yesterday, but I'm out of ideas. Please help.

 

[czcz]

Moved to General Discussion.

Its normal for picky to fish to not eat after being placed in a new home. Try waiting a day or so. Could aslo try another treat, like bloodworms.

 

[kyektulu]

My Cardinals are quite fussy eaters too yet I have found the one thing they love to eat is live Daphnia, try them on this im sure they will take to it.

 

[PrettyFishies]

Thanks for the ideas - I will definitely try one of them. But, I need to clarify... They will eat the flakes, but they won't go to the surface...

 

[Pinky]

my barbs do the same thing, they just wait for the fiters waterfall to bring it down to where thay are lol

 

[DeathWarp]

Perhaps mix the flakes in a bit of water to make them heavier which allows them to sink. Just make sure that you underfeed, you don't want much uneaten food resting along the bottom.

 

[kyektulu]

They will eat the flakes, but they won't go to the surface...

This is normal behaviour for Cardinals, they stick to the middle and bottom of the tank.