trentflanders Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Hi all, I have to frontosas that have not eaten for 4 days now. I recently completed a 50% water change to catch up for the last two I had missed. I usually only do a 15 - 20% water change a week. I have a 3ft tank that houses two frontosas 5-7cm and 11 firecracker tropheus 5-8cm. When I completed my water change I shuffled my tank around a fair bit. I have read that the frontosas may not be eating because they are unsure of the new environment and spooked. I feed my fish a compilation of sera pellets and a pea and prawn frozen mix. The frontosas have not been eating at all and if they touch any food they spit it back out. Two solutions I think I need to put into place is more caves in my tank and the other solution is putting a blanket over the tank so the fish can settle again. I'm a little bit worried about the situation and would love some advice or any other comments. Thanks in advance Trent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) How big are the fish? Any chance of a photo of the tank ornament outlay? Some test data would help........ temperature, ammonia, nitrite? And the tropheus are still eating? I would ensure surface agitation is high, as its starting to warm up. Ya dont want low oxygen in there. Depending on fishes size, a few days without food is going to do no harm to frontosa. But I would still be adding food for tropheus. Edited September 29, 2013 by Donny@ageofaquariums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trentflanders Posted September 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I have taken some tests this morning, ph is 7.6, ammonia level 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm and Nitrates .25ppm, the fish are roughly 5 - 7 cm, the tropheus are still eating and I am continuing to feed them. The tank temperature is 26 degrees. I have a canister filter running and have air bubbles generated from an air pump. I will try to get a photo up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydashton Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 How long have you had the frontosa for? Have you changed foods on them? I would not feed the tank for 2 days, including the Tropheus, then do a small feed 3rd day and see if they eat. If they all eat, continue to do small feeds for a few more days to get the Ts back into eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trentflanders Posted October 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I have had them for about 8 months now I'd say I have changed from sera flakes to small sera pellets. I will try get some photos up later of the tank and their condition Thanks to those who have helped me so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydashton Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Frontosa can be very picky on there foods, especially when there is a straight change from one food to another. However it is normally and easy fix by not feeding them for a few days then feeding the small amounts. If they are actively swimming around and still putting food in their mouth but spitting it out, generally means they are fine, just being picky on the food they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trentflanders Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Thank you to all ho have helped went to LFS today and they backed what everyone on here had stated, continuing fast until tomorrow morning will let everyone know how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
