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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 20:49:35 GMT -6
hey there every im john and im new to here!! im not sure what lake wite tops are from but, i have one at juvi size maybe 1 1/2 inch and he has not been eating or coming out of my lace rocks at all. hes always hiding in one spot what can i do i dont want him to die from starving?
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Post by angel on Jul 24, 2009 20:57:14 GMT -6
How long have you had him, and for how long has he not been eating? Are there other fish in with him? How are they doing? What's his poop look like?
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Post by angel on Jul 24, 2009 20:57:58 GMT -6
And hi John! Welcome to the forum!!
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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 21:07:04 GMT -6
hi to you to angel !! well my poop i mean his poop im not sure lol, i have 11 fish and he hasnt been eating for a week and hes just hiding in the rocks!!! in one spot im about to move all the rocks around to see if that works.
and ive had him for a month i wonder if its because hes going through his colors now! and he just starting to change colors . .
what do you think i should do?
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Post by angel on Jul 24, 2009 21:30:41 GMT -6
You should note his behavior. It's possible he's being picked on, so look at his fins and scales to see if he's chewed at all. But if he's got white stringy poop like a piece of thread or clear poop then he's sick and you need to get him out and get him treated with metro or clout because these fish get malawi bloat very easily. What have you been feeding him?
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Post by angel on Jul 24, 2009 21:33:41 GMT -6
Are there any other afras in there? Is he a she? Is her throat swollen? It's always a possiblility she's holding too. Look at his or her body shape. Is the fish swollen at all in the abdomen? And look at its vent. Their vents can be red or be swollen and sticking down a little if they have bloat too.
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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 21:34:15 GMT -6
i feed them jons vegetable pellets and chiclid gold ill have to move him around i cant even see where he is half the time
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Post by angel on Jul 24, 2009 21:35:57 GMT -6
The pellets wouldn't make him bloat unless he ate too much of course. I'm not really sure about cichlid gold so I'll read up on it. But getting a good look at him and thinking about if you've seen anyone pick on him is kinda important. Get a picture of him if you can.
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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 21:41:45 GMT -6
my camera is being borrowed. . but i havent seen anyone picking on him im going to move all the rocks around and seee what he does all the other fish are happy
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Post by angel on Jul 24, 2009 21:46:26 GMT -6
That's good because if he is sick and you have to take him out of the tank, there's a good chance the others would be ok. If they start not socializing one by one it's a bloat sign. I lost an entire population to what I thought was bloat though and it turned out to be copper poisoning. Let's hope you dont' find a penny in your tank like I found in mine! The people that had that tank before me buried it in the sand.
Be sure to let us know what you see when you get him out of the rocks.
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Post by jon carman on Jul 24, 2009 22:32:18 GMT -6
I would get a double supply of metro to always have some handy. I would get it at aquatic critter tomorrow, then a back up supply from Big Al's Online- it is way cheaper but takes 5 days to get to you. By then afra will be dead. What size were the cichlid gold pellets? If I were feeding africans hikari I would only feed them excel. If he hasn't eaten in a week he might be in trouble. I usually treat on second day. Keep us posted, and call me if you need anymore help- others may chime in tomorrow.
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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 22:52:05 GMT -6
ok i took all the rocks out and he is not swimming around activly like the other one are hes just chillin what should i do?
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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 23:00:03 GMT -6
ok now i just see my cobue afra chasing around and he is not doing any thing but being chased. i live in clarksvile so aquatic critter would be to far for me and what does metro do and how do you do it?
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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 23:06:06 GMT -6
ok i just took him out and put him in a container and drop some food in there and see if he will eat it so far i dropped some food in there and hes not eating it lets see what happens in 20 min
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Post by mushu804 on Jul 24, 2009 23:22:32 GMT -6
ok so far he has not touched the food this is very awkward i always that that they are always hunr
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