Hi. I just yesterday purchased a gardneri killifish for a small 3 gallon cold water tank. The tank is well planted and has had 2 hillstream loaches doing quite well in it for the past 2 months or so. I heard that these fish could do fine in a small cold water tank, so I decided to try it out.
The problem is feeding. I didn't even try to feed it yesterday. But today I tried a few things and it wouldn't take anything. I tried live blood worms, freeze dried bloodworms, tiny broken off pieces of various sinking (meaty-based) foods. With these sinking foods, I broke tiny pieces in tweezers and held them up right in front of it's nose. The fish didn't get scared or freak out from the tweezers at all. I was able to put the tiny pieces of food right on the tip of its nose, but no luck.
Is it too early for me to worry about this yet? How long do you think these could go without food, and are there other things I should try?
The problem is feeding. I didn't even try to feed it yesterday. But today I tried a few things and it wouldn't take anything. I tried live blood worms, freeze dried bloodworms, tiny broken off pieces of various sinking (meaty-based) foods. With these sinking foods, I broke tiny pieces in tweezers and held them up right in front of it's nose. The fish didn't get scared or freak out from the tweezers at all. I was able to put the tiny pieces of food right on the tip of its nose, but no luck.
Is it too early for me to worry about this yet? How long do you think these could go without food, and are there other things I should try?
