My pacu won't eat?

Question

my red bellied pacus are not eating and currently they live with my archer fish,bichir,eel,tiger shovelnose catfish,albino walking cat. and tiger loach. i have tried anything including pellets and vegetables but they only eat a few pellets if i feed them in large quantities so it fouls their water fast but they did eat before i bought them yesterday so please help!!!!!

Answer 1

Hi, sometimes fish won't eat in a new environment.  Give them a couple of days and they should be ok, try them on frozen brine shrimp that usually gets new or stressed fish eating.  Cucumber is a favourite, just watch that they eat it and of course remove it if they don't because it will also foul the water.  Apparently they also prefer to eat with the aquarium light on and lights external to the tank off.

Answer 2

The next time you go to a pet store, get mealworms.

When you get home, open it and hand feed the pacu(s).You can do this by holding a meal worm by the end and sticking it in the pacu's mouth and waiting until  they start cheawing it.

If that does not work, you will have to buy feeder fish. If they are 2-3 inches long, feed them feeder guppys. If they are 4-5 inches long, feed them rosy minnows or small goldfish.IF they are 6-7inches long,feed them  

medium size goldfish. If they are 8 inches to 6 feet feed them large goldfish.

Whatever They eat most of, give them that.Try the other things two weeks later.(fyi the The cat fish and the eel might also try to eat the feeder fish too.)E- mail me what city you live in so I can tell you where the cheapest place to get those stuff is.