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	multi's being really picky
butterflyfish Fingerling Posts: 22 Kudos: 26 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Jan-2006	The multi's that i bought a couple of days ago arn't eating. Well they get the food in there mouth and then spit it out(blood worms and flake). There are 5 of them in a 55g with no other fish an there all around 3cm long. Ay sugestions on food that they will take? How do you sex them or do i have to wait till there older?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Give them some time. Its only been a couple days. Bloodworms seem a little big, I would maybe try brine shrimp.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	start with brine shrimp then start to mix in some crushed flake with it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
sumthin_fishy Enthusiast Posts: 237 Kudos: 314 Votes: 16 Registered: 13-Aug-2004	Its still early days, my multis were like that too when i got them. i even had the same food as the breeder who sold them to me! dont feed bloodworms too often, its better to feed brine shrimp or mysis shrimp
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
butterflyfish Fingerling Posts: 22 Kudos: 26 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Jan-2006	ok thx for the help. Butterflyfish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	Hold off on feeding for a day or two. Then try feeding them whatever you're going to use regularly-flake, etc. If you go with all the 'good stuff' now they may end up picky and not be willing accept anything else. As far as sexing, do they have stripes yet? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
butterflyfish Fingerling Posts: 22 Kudos: 26 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Jan-2006	yes they have got there stripes and have gone darker.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Leave them 2 days without food & you'll see that they will be hungry & eat whatever you'll feed them. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
sumthin_fishy Enthusiast Posts: 237 Kudos: 314 Votes: 16 Registered: 13-Aug-2004	seems like you asked this questions 6 days ago. how are they feeding now? 3 cms is a alright size, is that 3cms for the biggest multi? or are they all that size? are they all from the same spawn? usually the males are bigger. i find behaviour wise males are more likely to venture further/higher from their shell consistently more then females will. i also find the males will usually come between fighting females but females wont do the same to fighting males. hope this helps!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25


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