Why doesn't my swordtails, platys and guppies eat tropical fish flake food?

[rdottc]

I have bought 5 fishes, 2 swordtails, female and male and also same with my platys, a male and a female and a female guppy fish yesterday. I feed them bloodworms and tropical fish flakes. I give a frozen bloodworm once in the morning and after i come from school i give them flakes and before i go sleep i feed them more frozen bloodworms but after i came from school today i found bloodworms on the gravel and so i gave them some flakes and they ate it but straight after they threw it back out. please help because my guppy is pregnant for about a week so i want to have fry's because it will be my first batch of fry's so i want the mommy guppy to be healthy and happy. please help.

 

[malialeilani]

you only need to feed your fish once a day. you're over feeding them. be careful not to over pollute your tank with all the wasted food that will decompose at the bottom of your tank. if you cut back on feeding they will be more accepting of different types of food.

 

[Electra]

Yes you seem to be over feeding them, they will eat te flakes if they do not get anything else.
Good luck with the guppy let us know when you have had fry

 

[Rin]

You are overfeeding your fish!

And the bloodworms should NOT be their staple diet. It's good as a treat. It's like eating chocolate cake each day, as in 50% of your diet each day. That is really not healthy.

I recommend fasting them for a day and not feeding them anything. Then, feed them only as much as they can eat in a few minutes. No more.