My roomate and I have set up our first aquarium about three weeks ago. We let the tank run for about a week before putting fish in and then we put 2 Bala sharks and 1 Pleco in the tank about two weeks ago.
The problem is that the Bala sharks seem to ignore food. We're using Tetramin Tropical Flakes. We will drop some flakes at the top of the tank, but the fish completly ignore them. Eventually they will all sink to the bottom of the tank. If a flake starts sinking near one of the sharks, they run away from it. We've seen them eat some of the flakes off the ground eventually, but its pretty rare and the pleco seems to be eating most of them.
It's a 30 gallon tank and we took a water sample to the local fish store last weekend and they said that the ammonia, nitrates, etc. were all good and the temp is 78 degrees
We've never seen fish that don't eat the food from the top of the tank before and are worried that they aren't eating properly. Any help would be appreciated.
The problem is that the Bala sharks seem to ignore food. We're using Tetramin Tropical Flakes. We will drop some flakes at the top of the tank, but the fish completly ignore them. Eventually they will all sink to the bottom of the tank. If a flake starts sinking near one of the sharks, they run away from it. We've seen them eat some of the flakes off the ground eventually, but its pretty rare and the pleco seems to be eating most of them.
It's a 30 gallon tank and we took a water sample to the local fish store last weekend and they said that the ammonia, nitrates, etc. were all good and the temp is 78 degrees
We've never seen fish that don't eat the food from the top of the tank before and are worried that they aren't eating properly. Any help would be appreciated.
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