my dwarf gouramis won't eat..

[CSM]

won't eat the flake food or they may only eat a bite.

But they seem to be trying to eat the hornwort. I say trying cause it seems like they just nibble it. They swim around tasting things, but i'm not sure if they ever eat.

Is there another easy to grow plant that they would like to eat instead of hornwort. I was thinking Anacharis... I prefer a plant that i don't have to plant. I have plenty of lighting (55W fluorescent in a 5 gal).

Jason

 

[Colisa lalia]

Don't worry, how long has it ben since you got your fish? I had a maleBadis badis baids who would breed for two weeks then eat for one then breed for two more and so on. Fish just don't need as mcuh food as humans. Calm down, but if they don't start eating in say a week then try introducing the anacharis.

 

[beaver8888]

did you just get them sometimes when i get new fish they dont eat for a day or two they may be adujustedning to the new tank if so

 

[CSM]

the female has been in there about 2 or 3 weeks. the male has only been in the tank for about 3days.

thanks for the help

 

[Wormo3188]

What are you water peramiters, mine stopped eating because of a problem with the water, and then a few days later, it died. So I would just check that out to be sure.

 

[CSM]

i moved my 2 platies to a different tank. And the honey gourami has started to eat some flake food, but the female dwarf gourami still doesn't eat the flake food.

She prefers to just nibble on the plants (hornwort and anacharis). My female betta killed a small ghost shrimp the other day and the female DG ate some of the shrimp too.

 

[Wormo3188]

Well, atleast she is getting some food, eventually she may eat the food you feed her.

 

[CSM]

unfortunately she died yesterday. I moved her to the 'hospital' tank and she just had no energy. She swam to the top of the water once and stayed there for a few minutes gently floating around with the hornwort. I put some food in there and she still did not eat it.