Not eatting!

[M_sfan87]

I have two tanks. One is a 20 Gallon tank with three 5 inch African Cichlids in there, they are always fighting. I know its to small for them and im getting ready to transport them into a 55 gallon tank. The other is in a 30 gallon tank with 10 other 2 inch Cichlids. I got them when they were about an inch. They all grow but that one, it is still they same size from when I got it. Now I have 4 fish not eatting in two different tanks. And two days ago the 1 inch fish died! Why are they not eatting? I don't want my 3 other fish to die, HELP!

[SGypsyMermaid]

do they exhibit any other symptoms besides not eating? like bloated abdomens, concave abdomens...what have you been feeding them? what are your tank's parameters? ph? temp? ammonia/nitrites/nitrates?

[M_sfan87]

I have had Cichlids for three years. Everything is what it should be. They just are not eatting, I think they are pissed because the tank is so small.

[fitch]

Try some different food, add a little variety to the diet. Could be that they do not like the stuff they are getting, that it is spoiled, or it just doesn't suit thier diet.

Cheers
Jay

[M_sfan87]

I didn't think of it spoiling. I have had it for almost a year, a big thing of it. They have almost ate it all. Mabey they just are sick of the food, or it might of spoiled. I was thinking of trying new food anyways. Tanks :) It's the right diet.

[jnorris]

Try feeding them brine shrimp once a week. If they don't eat that then something is def. wrong.