Hatchet fish not eating. Cory Cats making water dirty?

On 12 Apr 2006 08:13:21 -0700, "Shorty"
wrote:

The fish look good, they are active, eyes clear. Not sure about the
sunken bellies... since they already have that flat hatchet shape.
Other than not eating when I'm feeding, they look ok. Is it possible
that they are nocturnal fish and I should feed them at a different time
than the other fish... maybe when the light is off?

I doubt it, but who knows. Anything's worth a try. I can't remember
what other inhabitants are in your tank and whether any of them might
be intimidating to the hatchets. I'm grasping at straws here.

-- Mister Gardener

Mister Gardener wrote:
On 12 Apr 2006 08:13:21 -0700, "Shorty"
wrote:

The fish look good, they are active, eyes clear. Not sure about the
sunken bellies... since they already have that flat hatchet shape.
Other than not eating when I'm feeding, they look ok. Is it possible
that they are nocturnal fish and I should feed them at a different time
than the other fish... maybe when the light is off?

I doubt it, but who knows. Anything's worth a try. I can't remember
what other inhabitants are in your tank and whether any of them might
be intimidating to the hatchets. I'm grasping at straws here.

-- Mister Gardener

I also have a couple of corys, ottos, some neon tetras and three
australian rainbows. The only fish that could intimidate them are the
rainbows which are about the same size. From time I see them chase each
other and a very few times I saw one of them chase a hatchet. Most of
the time though, the rainbows seem around the hatchets and the hatchets
don't seem intimidated at all. And I have also tried putting the
hatchets in a separate tank. But that didn't seem to influence them to
eat.

On 12 Apr 2006 09:05:25 -0700, "Shorty"
wrote:


Mister Gardener wrote:
On 12 Apr 2006 08:13:21 -0700, "Shorty"
wrote:

The fish look good, they are active, eyes clear. Not sure about the
sunken bellies... since they already have that flat hatchet shape.
Other than not eating when I'm feeding, they look ok. Is it possible
that they are nocturnal fish and I should feed them at a different time
than the other fish... maybe when the light is off?

I doubt it, but who knows. Anything's worth a try. I can't remember
what other inhabitants are in your tank and whether any of them might
be intimidating to the hatchets. I'm grasping at straws here.

-- Mister Gardener

I also have a couple of corys, ottos, some neon tetras and three
australian rainbows. The only fish that could intimidate them are the
rainbows which are about the same size. From time I see them chase each
other and a very few times I saw one of them chase a hatchet. Most of
the time though, the rainbows seem around the hatchets and the hatchets
don't seem intimidated at all. And I have also tried putting the
hatchets in a separate tank. But that didn't seem to influence them to
eat.

Hang around. Maybe someone else will have some ideas. I'm fresh out.

-- Mister Gardener

"Shorty" wrote in message
oups.com...
Yeah, FishTownUSA is still there. That's where I got the hatchets.
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FANTASTIC!!! That's were I got at least 75% of my fish, all my tanks (when
I replaced my old Metaframes) and my Vortex filter back in the 1970s. I'm
not sure if they were there in the 60s. Back then they had fish you didn't
see anywhere else and their prices were great. :-)) I am so glad to hear
people can still go there for fish and supplies.........
--
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Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
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"Shorty" wrote in message
oups.com...
The fish look good, they are active, eyes clear. Not sure about the
sunken bellies... since they already have that flat hatchet shape.
Other than not eating when I'm feeding, they look ok. Is it possible
that they are nocturnal fish and I should feed them at a different time
than the other fish... maybe when the light is off?
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Check out these sites:
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fres...ns/hatchet.php
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sub...printout.shtml

Just type into Google aquarium+hatchet+fish and you'll get more info than
you need.
--
Koi-Lo.... the ReelMcKoi
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o