I went to the LFS last week and they had a baby baby Fahaka that was clearly starving you could see the jaw bones and back bone (if they have one) no belly at all
so I explained that they could either let me take the fish home or it would clearly die with in the next week... they had been feeding it snails (the little ones that come on plants) several times a day....
When I asked if they had dewormed it... he thought I was nuts... OK
Like I need another Fahaka but I brought it home, put it in a heavily planted tank it is only a 17 gal however it is only about a 1/2 inch.
I have not been able to get it to eat shrimp, clams, ousters or muscles... however she is eating frozen blood worms and is taking bites while it is still frozen????
today she is poking at the chinese alge eater that is going to town on the shrimp LOL... starting to show her true colors oooo she just hit the shrimp for the first time
any way the LFS wants me to bring her back after I get her better..... What would you do?
Starving Fahaka
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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.
Starving Fahaka
5 gal Snail tank
17 gal dwarf puffer tank (new baby Fahaka)
45 gal hex unused
55 gal dwarf cichlids
90 gal unused
110 gal Fahaka Puffer
240 gal getting ready to put it up
17 gal dwarf puffer tank (new baby Fahaka)
45 gal hex unused
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90 gal unused
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240 gal getting ready to put it up
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: Starving Fahaka
Id deworm it and find a better home, obviously the LFS doesnt care
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Starving Fahaka
+1
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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El Scorpio
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Re: Starving Fahaka
Hey xrayjeeper, maybe Bloat could use a girlfriend...
Re: Starving Fahaka
I know right.... just keep the little guy/girl he is picking at the clam shell today yay, I did already deworm
LOL I did just pick up a new 240 gallon tank maybe Pheona will get that one and this little guy will get the 110.... oh shame on me who needs or can afford the food bill for 2 fahakas? come on guys tell me some of you have 2 Fahakas.....
my husband does like Pheona and if I told him this was a boy... Feddy... maybe
bad bad bad....
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110 gal Fahaka Puffer
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45 gal hex unused
55 gal dwarf cichlids
90 gal unused
110 gal Fahaka Puffer
240 gal getting ready to put it up
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Black Widow
Re: Starving Fahaka
Could you post a pic? O and Do NOT take it back to the shop. Rear it til about 4" long then give it away to a good home if you dont have space
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Re: Starving Fahaka
+1 to Walrus Head they nearly killed him once don't give them the chance to finish the job and pics love baby fahakas
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: Starving Fahaka
Id LOVE another fahaka but would need another tank, and before i do that I have to get my GF's tank up and running
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
Re: Starving Fahaka
If my apartment wasn't four square feet, I'd have a 150g corner bow-front, crazy-planted, with a giant spoiled fahaka. One day.
Re: Starving Fahaka
Up date on the Baby Fahaka,
Well it took some doing, since she had clearly never had any of the foods that are good for her.
I started with frozen blood worms- this was a challenge she did not know what to do with them, so I put one of my Dwarf Puffers in with her after watching him for a couple of days she got the idea and gave it a try, big shock she loved them
Then every other day would try shrim (frozen raw type from the store) she was having nothing to do with that, again after the Chinese algee eater and other puffer hammered it... baby watched them each day and sure enough now she eats that
you have to wounder if she is waiting to see if it kills the other fish if not then she eats it LMAO
Clams same thing- after a few days maybe a week on this then she gave in and tried it and now dances when she see's me with a shell in my hand
I do not think she is out of the woods yet, soaked earth worms in dewormer and got her to eat those in a snap.
todate - the back bone and jaw bones are no longer sticking outside of her body, her tummy when it is full is not all kind of bumpy just a little bumpy
i do still have her in the heavly planted 17 gal tank however she is only about 1 and a half inch long, I would loose her in a big tank and the out come could be bad.
I do have a new 240 gal tank that I am getting ready to set up... however does anybody really need 2 fahaka's or is the better question can anybody really aford to feed 2 fahakas LOL
Well it took some doing, since she had clearly never had any of the foods that are good for her.
I started with frozen blood worms- this was a challenge she did not know what to do with them, so I put one of my Dwarf Puffers in with her after watching him for a couple of days she got the idea and gave it a try, big shock she loved them
Then every other day would try shrim (frozen raw type from the store) she was having nothing to do with that, again after the Chinese algee eater and other puffer hammered it... baby watched them each day and sure enough now she eats that
you have to wounder if she is waiting to see if it kills the other fish if not then she eats it LMAO
Clams same thing- after a few days maybe a week on this then she gave in and tried it and now dances when she see's me with a shell in my hand
I do not think she is out of the woods yet, soaked earth worms in dewormer and got her to eat those in a snap.
todate - the back bone and jaw bones are no longer sticking outside of her body, her tummy when it is full is not all kind of bumpy just a little bumpy
i do still have her in the heavly planted 17 gal tank however she is only about 1 and a half inch long, I would loose her in a big tank and the out come could be bad.
I do have a new 240 gal tank that I am getting ready to set up... however does anybody really need 2 fahaka's or is the better question can anybody really aford to feed 2 fahakas LOL
5 gal Snail tank
17 gal dwarf puffer tank (new baby Fahaka)
45 gal hex unused
55 gal dwarf cichlids
90 gal unused
110 gal Fahaka Puffer
240 gal getting ready to put it up
17 gal dwarf puffer tank (new baby Fahaka)
45 gal hex unused
55 gal dwarf cichlids
90 gal unused
110 gal Fahaka Puffer
240 gal getting ready to put it up
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bertie 83
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Re: Starving Fahaka
Good work making him well again. I am looking into keeping a second after all food is not too expensive , maintenance time on the other hand lol
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Lil' Swimz$
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Re: Starving Fahaka
Feddy? How about Shrek!
Ha ha, he he! DAncE whEn yoU're HAPpppy! He he he! DAnce, danCE, DANCe!
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Starving Fahaka
I believe RTR kept several at one time.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Starving Fahaka
DAgua wrote:
he is picking at the clam shell today yay, I did already deworm
LOL I did just pick up a new 240 gallon tank maybe Pheona will get that one and this little guy will get the 110.... oh shame on me who needs or can afford the food bill for 2 fahakas? come on guys tell me some of you have 2 Fahakas.....
my husband does like Pheona and if I told him this was a boy... Feddy... maybe
bad bad bad....
Food is not expensive when you raise your own. Snails and marmorkrebs!
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