i recently bought a freshwater angelfish. it has been 2 days and i still have not seen it eat. does it prefer food that sink to the bottom?
2007-02-15 00:21:12 · 9 answers · asked by dtj_m 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Angels do well on a variety of foods. Flake, pellets, brine shrinp, bloodworms, blackworms all are good angel food. Yours are probably not eating yet due to the stress of being moved. Give them a few more days before you get worried, sometimes it can even take up to a week before they settle in and finally eat.
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2007-02-15 00:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They will eat almost anything really. Even smallish neons.
Anyway, here is something I cut and pasted from another site (see "source" for link):
Diet
Angelfish can survive on flake food alone, but they will thrive and be much more apt to breed on a greatly varied diet. Live foods such as Adult Brine Shrimp, Black Worms, Mosquito larvae, finely chopped earthworms and Guppy fry are accepted with enthusiasm and should be included regularly. If live food is not available, frozen packages of Blood Worms (Midge Fly larvae), Brine Shrimp and others are available from your favorite pet supply store and are acceptable substitutions for the live food. There are many dried foods available that will suffice too.
Raw beef heart, finely ground, mixed with unflavored gelatin and frozen immediately in small one serving size pieces is a good and economical addition to your Angelfish diet. Be absolutely sure there is no fat in the meat.
2007-02-15 00:27:30 · answer #2 · answered by Stealthy Ninja 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Do Angelfish Eat
2016-10-04 21:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually Angelfish will not eat until they get totally set to your tank. If they do then they are not fussy with food at all. They relish cichlid sticks, pellets, tubifex and stuff. You could also try out guppy fry.
2007-02-15 03:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by steve s 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
freshwater angelfish eat
2016-01-29 20:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would not eat it no but Gourami and Angel fish dont really go together . I have Angel fish as i breed them in a 300 gallon tank with Honey Gourami but they tend to stay out of each others way .
2016-03-16 21:13:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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30 gallons is way too small for angels. They get way too big and mean. They also are preditor fish and can eat small fish like guppies, neons and such. Sparkling gouramis should not be in the same tank either.
2016-03-27 01:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will eat any tropical flake food & small cichlid pellets. Try tempting him with small earthworms. If that does not get him feeding, then nothing will.
2007-02-15 08:35:37 · answer #8 · answered by ispooky2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i have a matting pair of angels but 4 6 mo.now they have spawn again and again they always eat thire young
2015-03-13 07:41:01 · answer #9 · answered by ROBERT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are most likeyly stressted and shy, theyll come around and eat. If they dont check your water params
2007-02-15 00:36:41 · answer #10 · answered by Return of the Snatch 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋