Banggii not eating

[billy71]

I have 4 banggii one died on wednesday. They are a week old others not eating.

 

[snorvich]

Wild caught or tank bred? You know that you can only have a pair?

 

[Wolverine]

Wild caught or tank bred? You know that you can only have a pair?

 

[Stanley-Reefer]

They need surprisingly little. I have one baby that is now an adult in my left overflow for over a year now without any intentional food going in there!

Are they holding babies? They go about 30d without food if they are!!!

They are sometimes finicky about pellet etc but they tear up mysis, freeze dried krill, and most frozen mixes IME.

 

[fisher4d]

Mine won't eat pellet or flake, feeding them frozen mysis and cyclops

 

[Wolverine]

Mine won't eat pellet or flake, feeding them frozen mysis and cyclops

Same questions for you as for the OP: WC or TR?

 

[Wolverine]

Are they holding babies? They go about 30d without food if they are!!!

While it's true that the male will go for 4 weeks without eating while carrying fry, that's unlikely to be the issue here. For one, that will only stop the male with the eggs from eating, not the rest of the. Second, it would be very unusually for them to start breeding immediately after being added to a tank.

 

[snorvich]

While it's true that the male will go for 4 weeks without eating while carrying fry, that's unlikely to be the issue here. For one, that will only stop the male with the eggs from eating, not the rest of the. Second, it would be very unusually for them to start breeding immediately after being added to a tank.

It has been my experience that cardinals need settling in time before breeding. Wild caught are very problematical, but tank raised usually work pretty well although around here sell for slightly more.