need help, indo tiger isn't eating.

[simont]

hey guys i need some help, i 3 indo tigers right, 2 out of the 3 are eating fine. my biggest one the 6"indo isn't wanting to eat at all.. it doesn't even look at the food and it doesn't seem intrested... the 2 are eating just fine they swim up to the top and begs for food from my but the other one doesn't. what should i do? suggestions plz and thank you

[TCR]

personally i would wait... he will eat eventually.. you can try live foods as well but then it can be hard to wean them off (personally havent had any problems but ive heard of some people having issues) i think for the most part it just takes time.. how long have you had them also, the most common question if there are problems, what are your tank perems..

[simont]

i picked em up on sunday night. i have em in the 33 gal right now sharing it with a peacock bass and a ff right now. i'm moving them to the 210 this week. most likely thursday. its a play tank just gravel and crushed corals to raise the ph.

yeah i was just getting worried cuz im afraid if it wont eat now it might not eat in the 210 right. thats the only thing. but thank you.

oh yeah i dont want to get it on live feeders... i had that happen before with my ntts... took them 3 months just to get off of it.. they wouldn't eat anything else they would starve for a week then i'd give in and buy feeders for them

[beN]

hey simon,

what do you feed your indo's?

[ninez]

my indo was eating ok in the 125G but after i moved it to 180G, it started to hide a lot

[simont]

ben - i'm feeding it prawn.

ninez - its in a 33gal right now, this week/end it'll be going into the 210. there wont be any hiding spots in that tank just a bare tank with white 3m quartz sand and 1 anubius on a flat driftwood

[beN]

crap,

i feed mine the same.

id say wait till he shows that he is hungry.

[simont]

ben - okay i will.. man they are all being fussy... this is the only bad thing about tigers they're stubbourn!oh well i hope they will start eating soon. *cross fingers*

[beN]

im sure they will.

its only a matter of time.

im sure within a couple of days he will show interest to eating. if not there might be something else wrong.

dat's are pretty hardy fish.

[rayfong]

Yes, just give it some time. All of my NTT's are eating pellets now, the indo that I had bought from someone he had trained to eat pellets.