Re: Stars and Stripes not eating *Video Added
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:32 pm
After not eating for a month Huey ate this morning!
It wasn't an easy process because my 46 QT wasn't fully cycled, so I was doing large daily water changes to keep the ammonia near 0 and then adding 1 additional packet or Maracyn Two to the recommended dosage to try to make up for the lost water.
The Maracyn really did the trick though, I noticed during days 3-5 of treatment he was rarely resting on the bottom, and being more active. He still refused any food I placed in the tank. This morning he looked stressed, the ammonia levels probably raised over night. His 5th day of treatment was yesterday though so I moved him back to his display tank and he ate within 2 hours.
Would you recommend doing another 5 day treatment? I'm going to tackle the filter set-up next and get my nitrates under control. I will also begin soaking his food in vitamins, would you recommend vita chem by boyd enterprises? Do you ever add the vitamins directly to the tank or just soak them in food?
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and input. I'm happy he has some food in his belly, I'll post some pictures later!
It wasn't an easy process because my 46 QT wasn't fully cycled, so I was doing large daily water changes to keep the ammonia near 0 and then adding 1 additional packet or Maracyn Two to the recommended dosage to try to make up for the lost water.
The Maracyn really did the trick though, I noticed during days 3-5 of treatment he was rarely resting on the bottom, and being more active. He still refused any food I placed in the tank. This morning he looked stressed, the ammonia levels probably raised over night. His 5th day of treatment was yesterday though so I moved him back to his display tank and he ate within 2 hours.
Would you recommend doing another 5 day treatment? I'm going to tackle the filter set-up next and get my nitrates under control. I will also begin soaking his food in vitamins, would you recommend vita chem by boyd enterprises? Do you ever add the vitamins directly to the tank or just soak them in food?
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and input. I'm happy he has some food in his belly, I'll post some pictures later!