my cichlids wont eat

[exotictropicals]

I recently took in 5 full size severums a blood parrot and hap ahli its been 4 days and i cant get them to eat
tried the food sent with them also brine and better quality pellets and nothing I first thought dropsys
but no inflimation or fungus and no sign of worms not sluggish at all I will try blood worms but any suggestions

[sskruzr]

did you try cranking the heat and maybe some live food like baby dempseys?

[mewickham]

Probably the biggest factor I've ever seen causing a fish not to eat is water chemistry. I don't know how much/how oten you change water, but check pH and ammonia levels particularly to see if they are out of whack.

[exotictropicals]

i checked this morning amo 0 ph 7.1 nitrate 0-.05 nitrite 0 did 50 gl waterchange today