Lightning Blue Acara not eating and staying at bottom of tank!

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Coco2432

Feeder Fish
Jan 25, 2025
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Have you tested your water?
No
If yes, what is your ammonia?
My ammonia is very low if not 0
If I did not test my water...
  1. ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
Do you do water changes?
Yes
What percentage of water do you change?
51-60%
If I do not change my water...
  1. ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
I got my acara a week or so ago and He doesn’t eat. The other one I got with him is eating, but he isn’t and stayed in the same spot in my 72 gallon tank for a while and barely moved. I thought he might be getting picked on, so I put him in quarantine which is the tank in the picture. He doesn’t have any signs of parasites, so I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions?
 

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I got my acara a week or so ago and He doesn’t eat. The other one I got with him is eating, but he isn’t and stayed in the same spot in my 72 gallon tank for a while and barely moved. I thought he might be getting picked on, so I put him in quarantine which is the tank in the picture. He doesn’t have any signs of parasites, so I don’t know what to do. Any suggestions?
Welcome aboard
Give a little more time and observe because you moved the EBA to a different environment the quarantine aquarium. Hopefully after a few days it will start eating. Also observe the behavior of the other EBA when you add the EBA to the main aquarium.
 
Welcome aboard
Give a little more time and observe because you moved the EBA to a different environment the quarantine aquarium. Hopefully after a few days it will start eating. Also observe the behavior of the other EBA when you add the EBA to the main aquarium.
Thanks so much! I hope he eats soon to.
 
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