PH 8.4
Ammonia 0.25
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 100
Salinity 1.005
Tank size 13 gallon
- two 1.5 inches gsp + one 2 inches gsp
Feed ghost shrimp and mussels
What changes you've made in the tank in the last week - Did a 25% WC last week
How long the aquarium has been set up - 5 months
My 2 inches gsp refuse to eat for 2 weeks ( belly sunken in , color is nice , no black belly ). i bought it 5 months ago
Tried to feed frozen bloodworm yesterday , my 2 inches gsp doesn't seems interested
What can i do ?
Gsp refuse to eat
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: Gsp refuse to eat
Hello and
Try soaking the foods in Garlic.
Also you might have a food aggressive puffer bullying the other one.
You might have to consider separation but either way you also need a much larger tank (55 gallons or more) for two puffers or 2x 29 gallon tanks for each one.
EDIT: Just saw the nitrate reading. Do a larger water change and try to get that down to 20 or so. Ammonia is also not a good sign.
Try soaking the foods in Garlic.
Also you might have a food aggressive puffer bullying the other one.
You might have to consider separation but either way you also need a much larger tank (55 gallons or more) for two puffers or 2x 29 gallon tanks for each one.
EDIT: Just saw the nitrate reading. Do a larger water change and try to get that down to 20 or so. Ammonia is also not a good sign.
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Re: Gsp refuse to eat
Hi yes water change of a good 50%
They will not eat with bad water quality like that seems the tank is over crowded and the filter can not cope.
Nitrite or ammonia should never be present in an established tank.
+1 bigger tank needed
They will not eat with bad water quality like that seems the tank is over crowded and the filter can not cope.
Nitrite or ammonia should never be present in an established tank.
+1 bigger tank needed
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Re: Gsp refuse to eat
+1 to comments above. The water quality is likely to be the source of your gsp not eating. And the tank needs to be upgraded as quickly as possible. If space is an issue a 29 gallon is the bare minium for a single gsp.
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Re: Gsp refuse to eat
There are toxic waste levels in your tank. If you do not upgrade, the fish will die soon. Please read my sig.
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