My Angelfish suddenly stopped eating its only been a couple days since it started i feed it a varied diet of flake food and granuels,bloodworms, and white mosqito larve its been a few months since i did a water change but i did one early today and he still not eating this afternoon?
Angelfish not hungry?
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Hans,
Frequent water changes are critical to keeping healthy happy fish. Really, most fish keepers recommend 25-50% water change per week in well stocked tanks...
So, it has been months and then you did one. After several months, nitrates and other Total Dissolved Solids build up in your tank - sometimes called Old Tank Syndrome. Then when the water finally gets cleaned up a bit, the fish have become so used to the dirty water that they have real trouble adjusting to the new stuff, even though the water is better.
Do you have test kits for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? Lets start there and see how your water is. Post results when you have them.
I'd also start doing 10% water change per day - in both your tanks if you haven't been keeping up with the other one either. Hopefully your angel will make it through.
Cathy
Frequent water changes are critical to keeping healthy happy fish. Really, most fish keepers recommend 25-50% water change per week in well stocked tanks...
So, it has been months and then you did one. After several months, nitrates and other Total Dissolved Solids build up in your tank - sometimes called Old Tank Syndrome. Then when the water finally gets cleaned up a bit, the fish have become so used to the dirty water that they have real trouble adjusting to the new stuff, even though the water is better.
Do you have test kits for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate? Lets start there and see how your water is. Post results when you have them.
I'd also start doing 10% water change per day - in both your tanks if you haven't been keeping up with the other one either. Hopefully your angel will make it through.
Cathy
pay special attention to 10% per day(daily water changes)
I too, suspect water quality as the issue.
I too, suspect water quality as the issue.
just as was brought up - its probably the lack of water changes - but keep in mind if your water quality has been really bad for a long time and you go ahead and do a massive water change - you could have issues there also.
Start doing 10% to 20% changes a day until the Nitrates get to a low level - under 10.
typicaly fish that dont eat are not healthy fish - healthy fish love food.
Start doing 10% to 20% changes a day until the Nitrates get to a low level - under 10.
typicaly fish that dont eat are not healthy fish - healthy fish love food.