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Old June 5th, 2013, 10:28 PM   #12
robertprice
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Default Fish Not Eating in Store

I wouldn't automatically say not eating is dying. A fish that has only recently arrived at a store may not be acclimated and not interested in eating yet. My female Flowerhorn was in a 100 gallon high tank with a bunch of Parrot Cichlids and Red Devils when I bought her. She actually was then and is still primarily a bottom feeder, but I chose her because she was perky and picking fights with the couple of Red Devils in her tank. She didn't eat the first 2 days I had her because I was feeding floating pellets, and she had not gone up to the top recently. So, I gave her sinking pellets which she ate. Now she has learned to come up to the top as well.
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