cognizant

I brought my two angelfish home after work last night and have yet to see them eat. From everything I read angelfish are supposed to be very good voracious eaters. Is there something wrong with my new angelfish or is it just taking them time to adjust to their new home?

Shawnie

time to adjust is my guess...they are fish that take time to acclimate to new suroundings ...

cognizant

Thanks! At what point *SHOULD* I start to worry?

Shawnie

Id give it at least a week for them to settle down..and a varied diet will let you know what they like ...goodluck! they are beautiful for sure

Butterfly

Yep what Shawnie said Pretty soon they will be like mine and follow you from one end of the tank to the other begging
carol

Steve420

I agree with everyone above. Just give them some time. I recently purchased 2 Angels myself and they took about 2-3 days before they really started eating. Once they adapted, they started to eat like crazy.

Wilhelm Joshua Tan

What did you feed them?

cognizant

Good news. Day three and they finally decided to eat. They didn't go for the flakes or the bloodworms, but they really seemed to enjoy the sinking wafers I give to my cory cat.

Butterfly

LOL isn't that the way it always is My angels always share what ever I feed to the bottom dwellers.
carol

04_si

my angel too. he eats flakes, unless i drop shrimp pellets in at the same time then its right for the pellets

FishFolk

My angels are modest eaters - but they too nibble at the food I let sink for the plecos Glad yours are eating!

DarkRevoultions

Angels are very shy at first, they need some time to get used to their habitat. It depends on many angels. Mine usually take 2-3 hrs to get used to their habitat.

Sometimes I had some that took 1-3 days to get used to. Same with any other fish usually, just not african cichlids I believe, they are already voracious animals