Re: [GSAS-Member] big cichlid appetites...

[Victorea Earnest <victoreae@yahoo.com>]

His pH was low, a couple of days after I brought it up
he was eating again (still wants fingers, but is now
willing to settle for fish food).  

Thank you again. 

--- matt kaufman <igotadose@hotmail.com> wrote:

> What sized tank? Is everything else ok - like, if
> he's destroyed the heater 
> or bitten through the cord, this can put them off,
> too (had that happen with 
> my big Geo. 'jurupari' which had smashed an eheim
> heater with his head).
> 
> Try some live earthworms from the yard. If he
> doesn't eat those, I'd be 
> *very* concerned. Just wash them well and drop them
> in. Agree with Steev it 
> sounds like something else is going on .
> 
> 
> >From: steev ward <steevward@earthlink.net>
> >Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
> >chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> >To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> >Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] big cichlid appetites...
> >Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:47:40 -0800
> >
> >Victorea-
> >Have you tried Freeze-dried krill? Fish really like
> them and it makes a
> >good treat, plus it enhances the red color.
> Sometimes inappetance is
> >caused by a vitamin deficiency. You might even try
> a calcium supplement.
> >
> >Check the pH too. Big cichlids will stop eating
> when the water gets too
> >acidic. Sounds strange but I used to see it all the
> time with some
> >Oscars I had.
> >
> >Steev
> >
> >Victorea Earnest wrote:
> >
> > > hi...  My red devil seems to have lost his
> appetite in
> > > the last month or so.  He seems his usual
> belligerent
> > > self otherwise, lunges at anyone who walks by,
> digs
> > > lots of holes, and threatens the cats and his
> own
> > > reflection...  Gets very offended by the gravel
> vac...
> > > And he looks OK, not skinny or anything...
> > >
> > > But where he used to gobble up about 4 of the
> big
> > > pellets a day, he now eats only one or 2 every
> couple
> > > of days. I tried giving him other things to eat
> but he
> > > doesn't care, just lets it float around until I
> get
> > > disgusted and remove it.  He's very enthusiastic
> when
> > > I open the tank to try to feed him, but he is
> much
> > > more excited about the possibility of actually
> biting
> > > my fingers this time than he is about the food. 
> If I
> > > drop it in there he won't eat it.
> > >
> > > Maybe I was over feeding him before?  Or do they
> just
> > > eat less when they are done growing?  I've had
> him for
> > > two and a half years and I got him as a tiny
> gray fry.
> > >  I hope he's not sick.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
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