My 2 new nanochromis Sabinae (dwarf Cichlid) not eating yet...?

three105 · 04-29-2008, 04:51 AM

bought them a few days back and one of the store employees said they might have bloat but then the "expert" manager at

http://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/

said they didn't have it after looking at them for about 1 second... he was SURE they didn't have it... anyways they aren't really going after my microcrab cyclop-eeze granules or floating cichlid pellets that are both small enough for them to eat... their not even staying together like my last pair... i have another male should i take the male thats in there now and put the other in? I don't get why their not eating when it's been a couple days since i put them in...

the male also had a little red scratch around his face area so i got maliflax or whatever it is the natural tree tea oil and i've been dosing that so hopefully that helps... they basically just hide all day below one of the small pieces of drift wood or behind one of the small rocks in either corner of the tank...

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...ank-log-2.html

heres some pics of the tank a couple weeks ago when there was a bit of green algae but it's really clear now and good... just don't really get why their not eating... luckly i have some amanos in there to clean up the food that's not being eaten/

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Riley · 04-30-2008, 12:19 AM

First off.....if there was any indication that the fish may be sick....why would you buy them? Even if one employee said they were sick and the other said they were "fine" I wouldnt of bought them.

Second....how long have you had them?

Third.....Have you offered anything else besides pellet food? IMO it takes a little bit for dwarfs to get used to eating prepared foods.

Another thought and dither fish like tetras or rasboras? Sometimes shy dwarf cichlds need a fish to swim around to make them feel more comfortable.

valerietheangel · 04-30-2008, 02:40 AM

Some dwarf cichlids will only eat live food. You might try microworms, brine shrimp, etc.

three105 · 04-30-2008, 09:50 AM

had them for a few days... i'll try some blood worms maybe 1/4 of a cube or even less then that just a few to see if they eat them....

bryony · 04-30-2008, 11:30 PM

You could try mosquito larvae, because they are fairly easy to get. I wouldn't put a healthy male in until after they've started eating.

**macclellan** · 04-30-2008, 11:46 PM

Try the West African subforum at cichlid-forum.com Probably people with more experience giving advice there.

three105 · 05-01-2008, 04:30 AM

posted there today with no response yet... offered frozen blood worms today and didn't seem to take any... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

three105 · 05-02-2008, 06:26 PM

ugh, really pissed. The reason I have these dwarf's is because their rare.

I got 1 pair first and when i cleaned my 72 bow front the female had dissapeared so I thought she was dead...

A week later The male goes missing and i check the magnum 350 and their both swimming in it... alive... the female looks even better then the male...

I get them out and I think their safe... 2 hours later i notice the female swimming by herself, I'm like what? I know the intake strainer had a hole on it for my co2 line so i put mesh over it and checked the filter... the male was in there? what? i took him out? I even put the mesh on right after i put them in the tank so i dunno how he got in there again...

so basically I pull him out and he looks A LOT worse like got a scratch or something... basically this morning i saw him barely under my big piece of drift wood on his side barely breathing... looks like some kind of fungus or ich is getting him right now got him in a net close to the surface and put a capful of tea tree oil the malflax stuff by him and some ich stuff... he's probably dead but what pisses me off is that i drove 2 hours to get another pair because i thought the female was dead but now the male will probably be dead and the reason this all happened was because my 10 gallon wasn't cycled so I got 2 females now and 1 male and my other 2 are having issues...

so if all 3 of them become healthy should i keep the 2 females with the male in my 10 gallon? or just 1 pair... and the pair thats in there they don't even stay together really which upsets me because the last pair pretty much loved eachother and never left eachother's side... just really upset.

nanochromis sabinae dwarf cichlid is the species

04-29-2008, 04:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
three105 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 146	My 2 new nanochromis Sabinae (dwarf Cichlid) not eating yet...? bought them a few days back and one of the store employees said they might have bloat but then the "expert" manager at http://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/ said they didn't have it after looking at them for about 1 second... he was SURE they didn't have it... anyways they aren't really going after my microcrab cyclop-eeze granules or floating cichlid pellets that are both small enough for them to eat... their not even staying together like my last pair... i have another male should i take the male thats in there now and put the other in? I don't get why their not eating when it's been a couple days since i put them in... the male also had a little red scratch around his face area so i got maliflax or whatever it is the natural tree tea oil and i've been dosing that so hopefully that helps... they basically just hide all day below one of the small pieces of drift wood or behind one of the small rocks in either corner of the tank... http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...ank-log-2.html heres some pics of the tank a couple weeks ago when there was a bit of green algae but it's really clear now and good... just don't really get why their not eating... luckly i have some amanos in there to clean up the food that's not being eaten/

04-30-2008, 12:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Riley Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 366	First off.....if there was any indication that the fish may be sick....why would you buy them? Even if one employee said they were sick and the other said they were "fine" I wouldnt of bought them. Second....how long have you had them? Third.....Have you offered anything else besides pellet food? IMO it takes a little bit for dwarfs to get used to eating prepared foods. Another thought and dither fish like tetras or rasboras? Sometimes shy dwarf cichlds need a fish to swim around to make them feel more comfortable. __________________ Riley Apistos, plecs and plants Need Fish? PM me and let me know what you looking for! MiAPG (Michigan Aquatic Plant Group) - Join today!

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bryony Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 15	You could try mosquito larvae, because they are fairly easy to get. I wouldn't put a healthy male in until after they've started eating. __________________ 2.5g: pair e. okefenokee, 5 p. brichardi, green & snowball shrimp

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04-30-2008, 02:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
valerietheangel Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: O'Fallon, MO Posts: 117	Some dwarf cichlids will only eat live food. You might try microworms, brine shrimp, etc.

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three105 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 146	had them for a few days... i'll try some blood worms maybe 1/4 of a cube or even less then that just a few to see if they eat them....

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three105 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 146	posted there today with no response yet... offered frozen blood worms today and didn't seem to take any... !!!!!!!!!!!!!

05-02-2008, 06:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
three105 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 146	ugh, really pissed. The reason I have these dwarf's is because their rare. I got 1 pair first and when i cleaned my 72 bow front the female had dissapeared so I thought she was dead... A week later The male goes missing and i check the magnum 350 and their both swimming in it... alive... the female looks even better then the male... I get them out and I think their safe... 2 hours later i notice the female swimming by herself, I'm like what? I know the intake strainer had a hole on it for my co2 line so i put mesh over it and checked the filter... the male was in there? what? i took him out? I even put the mesh on right after i put them in the tank so i dunno how he got in there again... so basically I pull him out and he looks A LOT worse like got a scratch or something... basically this morning i saw him barely under my big piece of drift wood on his side barely breathing... looks like some kind of fungus or ich is getting him right now got him in a net close to the surface and put a capful of tea tree oil the malflax stuff by him and some ich stuff... he's probably dead but what pisses me off is that i drove 2 hours to get another pair because i thought the female was dead but now the male will probably be dead and the reason this all happened was because my 10 gallon wasn't cycled so I got 2 females now and 1 male and my other 2 are having issues... so if all 3 of them become healthy should i keep the 2 females with the male in my 10 gallon? or just 1 pair... and the pair thats in there they don't even stay together really which upsets me because the last pair pretty much loved eachother and never left eachother's side... just really upset. nanochromis sabinae dwarf cichlid is the species