nipped fins = hungry fish?

[michele08]

I just got my fish a couple days ago, & they haven't really been eating. I feed them, & they get excited & bite the flakes, but they don't eat it. I'm feeding them the same food they were fed at the fish store. Today i noticed a couple fish with nipped fins. What to do?

 

[IThinkTherefore]

What kind of fish do you have?

Also, crumbling flakes into tiny bits can help a ton.

 

[michele08]

What kind of fish do you have?

Also, crumbling flakes into tiny bits can help a ton.

i have 3 bloodfins & 3 red serpaes? (red phantoms maybe? not too sure)

 

[IThinkTherefore]

Yeah, they're little guys with tiny mouths. Ripping apart big flakes is hard

Just crumble them between fingers and thumbs over the tank.

Also, serpae tetras are pretty infamous for fin nipping. Sometimes it helps to even a school out to six of the same fish, so that they can distribute the agression in "play" behavior among themselves

 

[michele08]

one of my bloodfins died

 

[Kiara1125]

Aw. Try crumbling the food or getting some different food. Variety in diet is good and fish get the most nutrition from a healthy varied diet. I feed my fish flakes, crisps, pellets, frozen baby brine shrimp, and freeze-dried bloodworms.

 

[michele08]

i just did a 10% water change...hopefully they'll be OK. These are just starter fish. I'm cycling my tank for a month...I am suppose to do weekly water changes right?

 

[aakaakaak]

You're supposed to do water changes according to your ammonia/nitrite levels. If you have around 1 PPM of either its time to start doing 50% water changes on a near-daily basis.

 

[nanu156]

they may not be eating because they are liVing in the equivelent of a room full of poSION gas

you need to be testing your Water two times a day and doing water chanegs to drop levels

if you don"t have a test kit change FIFTY PERCENt In the moRNINg anD fifTy percent in THE evening until you DO HaVE One

sorry ABout THE WONKY TExt my caps keY gOES OFF AND ON AT WILL CAUSINg me TO GET trapped in STIcKY keys along WITH THE wonky typing