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10-14-2008, 08:01 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Penn State
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|  New Fish Feeding I have 3 new fish in QT that are being picky... They aren't eating Formula 1 or 2. The cardinals are going after it, but just spitting it back out. I'm having a little better luck with frozen "marine cusine" which has brine ,mysis, etc. The goby is starting to eat this, but the cardinals still spit it out. Any ideas what I can do to make them eat? I've tried soaking the cubes with garlic with no luck.
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10-14-2008, 09:38 PM
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| My banggais don't seem to like anything other than straight mysis. They'll eat brine shrimp, but of course that's not very healthy for them. Mine have never eaten flake or pellets, even the babies! They also tend to be a little shier than other fish, so it may take a few days for them to eat. You could ask the store what they were feeding, in case there's something they were eating there. |
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10-14-2008, 09:50 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: kansas city, ks
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| at work we soak flake food in with some mysis to try to get them to eat it, its some some health benefits for them frozen doesnt
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10-15-2008, 09:21 PM
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| How long is it since they ate (assuming they were eating at the store)? I remembered that mine also eat frozen bloodworms, but I'd see what the store was feeding before getting more stuff they might not eat. Are there any live foods available to you? |
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10-15-2008, 11:38 PM
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| Well, I ordered them online so i have no way of knowing. They do have a 15 day guarantee so I'm assuming they didn't send me crap fish. I do not have any live food available so I'm out of luck there. What about these instant baby brine shrimp or a hatchery? I could get one shipped up overnight or something like that.
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10-15-2008, 11:55 PM
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| Mine never showed much interest in baby brine as adults, so I doubt that will really work. Keep trying, they may still just be settling in. They're also naturally nocturnal, so you could try feeding after lights out. It's always worth a try. |
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10-16-2008, 08:24 AM
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| I tried feeding after the lights were out for a while last night. I'm not sure if they ate or not as I couldn't really see. It looks like they might be eating the smaller pieces of mysis. Do you think it would be worth getting frozen brine?
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