Harlequins and Neons not eating

**stere0xide** · 26th Jul 2006, 04:19

I've had my Harlequin rasboras and neontetras for a while now and I keep them with green tiger barbs a long fin cory and two black skirt teras..
For a while the harlequins and neons where always the first to eat, they always seemed so eager. but recently I've noticed that they don't seem to care anymore, I havent seen the neons eat but they seem fine, The harlequins however are starting to get thinner.. whats wrong with them?

**bclee** · 26th Jul 2006, 10:26

How often do you change the water in your tank?

BC

**stere0xide** · 26th Jul 2006, 16:34

i do an approx. 20% water change everytwo weeks.. i also replenish about everyother day the amount of water that has evaporated.. I have four of them and earlier today three of them actually ate bit but one is thinning really fast and seems to have an injury or growth on its jaw.

**Fei Miao** · 26th Jul 2006, 16:46

Could the green tiger barbs be the problem, they are pretty aggressive fish

**Justikanz** · 26th Jul 2006, 16:50

How many of each type of fish do you keep? And how big is the tank?

I currently keep cardinals, rummynoses, embers, harlequins and tiger barbs together in a 4ft tank and they are all actively eating...

**stere0xide** · 27th Jul 2006, 04:15

i have a 20 gallon tank with 10 tetras 4 harlequins a long finned cory 3 green tiger barbs and and two black skirts.. the green tiger barbs don't seem to be the problem they only bully amongst each other.

**Justikanz** · 27th Jul 2006, 09:32

20 gallons is not a big tank, but then I don't think it is the problem. My harlequins are always greedy and first to the food as they swim on the top level. I might suspect a number problem again. 3 tigers seems fine, but observe them longer... They might be bullying outside the small group. 4 is also a small number when it comes to harlequins. I would suspect the black skirts. They are actually rather agressive fish and 2 is a bad number for schoolers. They will very likely resort to bullying others... Observe the fish and look out for unruly behaviour amongst them.

**XnSdVd** · 27th Jul 2006, 09:40

I'd recommend you get 3 more green barbs. What's the temperature like over there? Try to keep it between 24 - 28 degrees celcius

Recommended pH: 6 - 7
Recommended kH: 2 - 5

**Justikanz** · 27th Jul 2006, 09:44

Oh yes! I totally forgotten about the temperature as I had assumed you were local...

A cooler water temperature might cause some fish to go off feeding...

**stere0xide** · 27th Jul 2006, 16:40

thanks guy i'll consider all of the input and hopefully it works =]

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