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	German ram not eating..
Rookie_Boy Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	I have a german ram.. It is new, bought yesterday.. It won't eat.. I've given it flakes & brine shrimp.. Should I give it more time to get used to it's surroundings? what would you do? R_Boy
Posted 10-Dec-2006 18:06
Budzilla Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006	Wow what A coincidence I bought one yesterday to. It took mine a couple of hours to get used to its surrounding s and only ate for the first time this morning, so give it some time. -Vincent
Posted 10-Dec-2006 20:23
Rookie_Boy Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	Wow, Mine's a male, yours? budzilla what did you feed your ram this morning? R_Boy
Posted 10-Dec-2006 20:58
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Alot of fish won't eat the first day and it's better not to feed them day one while they are stressed out. After you add them to the tank you should turn out the lights and avoid messing with the tank or moving around by the tank too much. The next day put your lights back on their normal schedule and feed the fish. If new fish don't eat after 3-4days then start to worry and try things like frozen or live foods and mixing food up with garlic. Garlic helps stimulates fish to eat.
Posted 10-Dec-2006 21:25
Rookie_Boy Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	Ok thanks sham.. great infomation! R_Boy
Posted 10-Dec-2006 21:29
Budzilla Enthusiast Posts: 288 Kudos: 197 Votes: 90 Registered: 18-Jul-2006	Edited by budzilla male to..got it at petland+ 2 kuhlii loaches. so anyway I fed it a special blend I make of frozen brineshrimp, other frozen organisms such as bloodworms, daphnia etc, flake or small sinking pellets, and I sprinkle paprika on that to bring out the red,orange, and yellow colors in the fish. I only make this ocasionally but the fish go crazy for it. I also just fed it some flake and it seemed to like it. -Vincent
Posted 11-Dec-2006 04:18
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006	That is sooo weird. I got 2 Rams tomorrow was well. Chris
Posted 11-Dec-2006 05:06
Rookie_Boy Hobbyist Posts: 96 Kudos: 55 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	Edited by Rookie_Boy Yeah, Weird! Thanks anyway.. R_Boy an update, It is eating now, seems that it was too stressed to eat.. Thanks..
Posted 11-Dec-2006 09:29


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