Liumchen
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I know these are 'troublemaker' fish, and I do admit that I didn't properly research them before buying. Now, I've read up on them a ton, and, have absolutely fallen in love with them.
I have two, Ginger and Brigitte, one gold and one standard brown. Both shorter than two inches. For now, they're in a ten gallon tank with three bloodfin tetras and two zebra danios. I'll be getting a larger tank for them shortly, and definitely keep watch.
Problem is, especially because of their aggressive tendencies, I want to get them to start eating properly. I've bought them algae wafers, but it almost seems as if they can't find them. They'll just swim around sucking on rocks, which have hardly any, if any, algae on them. Even when they practically bump into an algae wafer, they often just pass over it like they don't even know it's food. I've resorted to cutting the algae wafers into quarters and scattering them about a bit in hopes that they'll find a piece. I once saw Brigitte start sucking on one of the wafers voraciously for about half a second before losing it again.
They look healthy, are swimming and climbing around, but I'm still concerned. Are there any tips for getting them to more easily recognize the algae wafers as food, or other foods to try? Anything would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all!
I have two, Ginger and Brigitte, one gold and one standard brown. Both shorter than two inches. For now, they're in a ten gallon tank with three bloodfin tetras and two zebra danios. I'll be getting a larger tank for them shortly, and definitely keep watch.
Problem is, especially because of their aggressive tendencies, I want to get them to start eating properly. I've bought them algae wafers, but it almost seems as if they can't find them. They'll just swim around sucking on rocks, which have hardly any, if any, algae on them. Even when they practically bump into an algae wafer, they often just pass over it like they don't even know it's food. I've resorted to cutting the algae wafers into quarters and scattering them about a bit in hopes that they'll find a piece. I once saw Brigitte start sucking on one of the wafers voraciously for about half a second before losing it again.
They look healthy, are swimming and climbing around, but I'm still concerned. Are there any tips for getting them to more easily recognize the algae wafers as food, or other foods to try? Anything would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all!