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	pygmy angel, wont eat now
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	Hey, yesterday i went and bought a pygmy angel for my tank, its about 3.5 cms and it only eats brine shrimp, how would i ween it onto different foods? oh and it also eats the algea on my glass and rocks. Last edited by rabbit at 13-Jan-2005 18:49
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
caveman Big Fish Posts: 343 Kudos: 38 Registered: 29-May-2003	"Pygmy angel" is a very vague name that can refer to a host of fish--which "pygmy angel" did you buy? If you're not sure, coloring would be nice, of course. Weaning will vary according to species. I haven't kept angels, so I can't give you specifics.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	i bought a cherub angel. sorry i didnt put it in my first post.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	just have to keep trying, it took my Eibli's angel 2 weeks or so to accept dry food
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
FantomFish Hobbyist Posts: 120 Kudos: 183 Votes: 1 Registered: 30-Jan-2004	I bet if you soaked the other foods in garlic extract he would eat it. If not try adding garlic to the brine, and then to something else, and slowly taking away more and more garlic from the new food.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Garlic extract? Tell me MORE!!!!! Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
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jkalfsbeck Enthusiast Posts: 193 Kudos: 132 Votes: 0 Registered: 19-Dec-2002	Just mix the brine in w/ some flakes or frozen food and slowly reduce the brine after every other feeding or so. That's always worked for me when I purchased a picky eater. Seems my LFS feeds all their fish brine. Also forgot to add try frozen mysis shrimp. It's slightly larger than brine and better for the fish. There's a couple diff. kinds of mysis now, the big freshwater mysis pack or the cubes packed w/ the vitamins. My guys love the mysis. I've fed that to my mandarin for 2+ years now. Last edited by jkalfsbeck at 10-Jan-2005 09:40
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	ok, ill try and find some mysis shrimp. ive heard about the garlick stuff but havent seen it any where down here.
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fishheadfred Fish Addict Posts: 708 Kudos: 653 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	Garlic extreme is made by Kent.There are a few others available at my LFS and online.I think that DTHURS has also used the caplets found in drug stores but splitting open the caplets would seem messy and stinky. CALI....It is the extract of Garlic.It is said to iratate(sp.) some parasites and to increase appetite in fish.
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fishheadfred Fish Addict Posts: 708 Kudos: 653 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	Rabbit, I have had my Cherub for about 6 months now.It eats any thing I feed it but it has been doing that since day one.It is my fav of all the fish I have owned.Beautifull,peacefull and active.Good luck!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	well, now it wont eat ive tried alot of foods i.e. brine shrimp,flakes,marine mix,marine pellets and sea weed, i think its eating only sea weed, it is also picking at my LR. What should i do? EDIT: i dont really want to put it QT, cause ill have to tear down my LR and theres alot of it in there. Last edited by rabbit at 13-Jan-2005 18:52
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
fishheadfred Fish Addict Posts: 708 Kudos: 653 Votes: 12 Registered: 30-Jul-2003	Leave it alone for know.Moving it to a QT will just stress it further.Its probably just getting used to its new home.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
rabbit Fish Addict Posts: 580 Kudos: 461 Votes: 7 Registered: 24-Oct-2003	ok, i think i saw it eating some sea weed today.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	I'll remember that. Mysis shrimp in garlic extract. Wonder if it would work with really "bad anorexics" such as Paracentropyge multifasciatus ? Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:41


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