Are my fish eating?

wendex

Got another clueless beginners question. I've got complete flake food for the cherries, the two smaller fish eat and spit the flakes back out is this how they eat or do they not like the food? Bertha eats the flakes no probs.

willow

hi there
have you tried to crumble the flakes a little bit,
that may help.

codem

You fish may have not adapated to the new environment, they might be still in shock or scared.

Its like, if you instantl teleported into jail and then a bowl of food was put infront of you, would you eat it?

willow

hell yeah all that teleporting makes one have a ravanous
appitite. :)

wendex

yes I crumbled the flakes as initially I thought it was cos they were 2 big. I thought after 4 days they'd be settled and they look happy enough they're very playful, just have to wait and see, let you know what happens.

willow

hi
you could always buy some frozen daphnia, defrost in a cup
of aquarium water and feed to the fish,they'll munch that
with no problem at all. :)

iam_koi

hmm.. there are some fish that has a behaviour wherein they will eat the food and then spit it out and then it eat again...so on and so forth.

wendex

That's good to know thankyou.
I thought they must be eating something cos they're pooping plenty! infact I think I've been over feeding, down to 2 very small feeds a day, got ammonia problems now, getting advice on another thread (I think that's what you call it).

okiemavis

Well, fish will strike at food and spit it back out if they aren't hungry, it's hard to resist the urge to eat even if they're not hungry anymore. It sounds like they're eating a few bites and then doing to spitting out routine.