What do you feed your cherry barbs?

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Do any of you guys keep cherry barbs. If so, what do you feed them?

I'm hoping there's not an underlining issue but I have had some in my small tank for about 2-3 weeks now and I feed JBL flakes, same as what I feed my main tank. But the barbs never go to the top to eat. Then I tried some sinking granules but they don't touch that either. I didn't know if there was a certain type of food they like that I can try feeding them
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Mine eat whatever goes in the tank, usually very eagerly!
My tank is fairly shallow however... can you try something live/frozen that will make it to the middle but not sink so fast?
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Scorps1212 wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 21:09 pm Do any of you guys keep cherry barbs. If so, what do you feed them?
Egg and Chips! :grin:

I've never found small Barbs happy on flake and best to use live or frozen foods. I have ten and they are fed on Bloodworm, Brine Shrimp, Cyclops and probably eat Neocaridina shrimplets I have no doubt.

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They do join in if I use a food tablet, if they can ever get a look in after Bob had his fill!
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Thanks guys. I'll look into getting some live food then. I do have some bloodworm in the freezer so will try that later on today
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Frozen and bug bites/micro pellets.
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