Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: neilsarah on October 05, 2012, 09:40:32 AM

Title: Fire Hap will not eat!
Post by: neilsarah on October 05, 2012, 09:40:32 AM

Can anyone help. I have a Fire Hap that within the last few days has started to show he is male. His anal fin is elongating and i can see some of the silver and black starting to fade. However he is acting like he is holding eggs. When i feed the others he swims up to the food but will not eat it. Just like my females do when they are holding. He seems normal other than not eating. Anyone ever see this before?

Title: Re: Fire Hap will not eat!
Post by: GrizzlysDad on October 05, 2012, 10:16:23 AM

It could be that the fish is a female that just shows some male undertones...or it could be that it's a male just deciding to hold eggs. There have been instances where males will carry eggs....strange, but true.

Title: Re: Fire Hap will not eat!
Post by: Ron on October 05, 2012, 10:51:35 AM

Does it have a shrunken stomach?

Title: Re: Fire Hap will not eat!
Post by: neilsarah on October 05, 2012, 11:00:24 AM

No shrunken stomach that i can see.

Title: Re: Fire Hap will not eat!
Post by: danielratti on October 05, 2012, 11:36:02 AM

Try getting food with garlic that usually will bring them back around to eating as well as kill of any internal parasites it may have. But the big trick is getting it eating

Title: Re: Fire Hap will not eat!
Post by: PaulineMi on October 05, 2012, 12:50:43 PM

You can also mix the food with finely minced garlic then let it set for awhile before feeding it.

Title: Re: Fire Hap will not eat!
Post by: neilsarah on October 05, 2012, 01:59:06 PM

I do have the food with garlic in it. Hopefully he comes around.