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Posted by matt on August 9, 2005, 7:36 pm
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Last Friday, I just purchased 2 yellow lab and 2 demasoni african cichlids
for a 20 gallon tank. i fed them twice now and they don't go up to the top
to eat the food. If they are eating, its not when i'm watching. Should i
be worried?
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Posted by Frankster on August 9, 2005, 10:56 pm
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No worries. They'll eat before they starve :) Make sure you are not
overfeeding them.
-Frank
> Last Friday, I just purchased 2 yellow lab and 2 demasoni african cichlids
> for a 20 gallon tank. i fed them twice now and they don't go up to the
> top to eat the food. If they are eating, its not when i'm watching.
> Should i be worried?
>
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Posted by matt on August 9, 2005, 11:20 pm
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> No worries. They'll eat before they starve :) Make sure you are not
> overfeeding them.
>
Good, i feel better! I feed them a small pinch of flakes every other day,
but like i said, i just got them so i only fed them twice. THey just seemed
very disinterested in food.
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Posted by Frankster on August 10, 2005, 12:23 am
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> Good, i feel better! I feed them a small pinch of flakes every other day,
> but like i said, i just got them so i only fed them twice. THey just
> seemed very disinterested in food.
Well, anything is possible I guess. Including something wrong with them. But
the odds are that they are just not yet accustomed to their new
surroundings. I'm sure if they get hungry enough their primal instincts will
take over :)
-Frank
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Posted by Elaine T on August 10, 2005, 2:07 am
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matt wrote:
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>>No worries. They'll eat before they starve :) Make sure you are not
>>overfeeding them.
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> Good, i feel better! I feed them a small pinch of flakes every other day,
> but like i said, i just got them so i only fed them twice. THey just seemed
> very disinterested in food.
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You might ask LFS what they were feeding. Sometimes fish are reluctant
to take a new food.
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Elaine T __
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> for a 20 gallon tank. i fed them twice now and they don't go up to the
> top to eat the food. If they are eating, its not when i'm watching.
> Should i be worried?
>