Rift Lake Cichlids won't eat hikari cichlid gold

[CarpCharacin]

I have 3 male electric blue haps in with a common pleco and a rhino pleco in my top 40 gallon breeder tank. I have some baby pellet floating cichlid gold and they never eat it. They just eat the sinking hikari lionhead. What should I do?

 

[Angelphish]

Buy sinking cichlid gold.

 

[CarpCharacin]

But is there any way to get them to eat the floating cichlid gold?

 

[CarpCharacin]

What do you suggest to make them eat the floating food @Angelphish?

 

[Angelphish]

What do you suggest to make them eat the floating food @Angelphish?

What I should have said was they may have been picky like mine, and only eat sinking foods.

 

[CarpCharacin]

I will probably get sinking food. Can they just eat the goldfish food for now?

 

[Angelphish]

I will probably get sinking food. Can they just eat the goldfish food for now?

It should be fine for now. As long as they're eating something.

 

[CarpCharacin]

Can electric blue haps get along with stingrays? I am thinking about getting a 300 gallon rubbermaid stock tank for stingrays. I know Joey used to keep discus with stingrays.

 

[Angelphish]

Can electric blue haps get along with stingrays? I am thinking about getting a 300 gallon rubbermaid stock tank for stingrays. I know Joey used to keep discus with stingrays.

I believe stingrays prefer a lower pH. Don't try it.

 

[CarpCharacin]

Both stingrays and discus are from the amazon. Electric blue haps aren't. How big of a tank do I need for the 3 haps? I read that they can get up to around 8 inches and that I need a 125 gallon for all 3. Is it true?

 

[Angelphish]

Both stingrays and discus are from the amazon. Electric blue haps aren't. How big of a tank do I need for the 3 haps? I read that they can get up to around 8 inches and that I need a 125 gallon for all 3. Is it true?

Sure, depending on how territorial they get. I'd say a 4 x 2 x 2, 120g should do them well and you could even add some friends.

 

[CarpCharacin]

I was thinking a 7 foot 125. A few years ago there was a 125 aquarium that needed resealing for I think only $60 if I remember correctly. I wish I would have gotten it.

 

[Angelphish]

I was thinking a 7 foot 125. A few years ago there was a 125 aquarium that needed resealing for I think only $60 if I remember correctly. I wish I would have gotten it.

They make them in 6 foot tanks, not 7. Go with more width for those fish.

 

[CarpCharacin]

6 foot is what I meant. It was a typo.

 

[CarpCharacin]

Yesterday when I got my new betta, I also got some omega one sinking cichlid gold and they are eating that.

 

[Pure4Kicks]

I would definitely go with sinking pellets so they don't get to much air while eating and most cichlids like the sinking more.

 

[Fish]

A lot of times when fish are only fed one kind of food, they've become picky to only take that one kind. Don't feed them for a few days and they'll grow an appetite to accept just about anything.

 

[Aquatic Endeavors]

My fish never like that stuff either, unless it was maybe an Oscar, that will eat most anything