one out of my 3 gsp fw fish arent eating plz help
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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.
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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metrogirlx1
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one out of my 3 gsp fw fish arent eating plz help
Hi im new here my name is noelle.. I currently have 3 green spotted puffer dwarfs living in a 30 gal fw tank... and out of the 3 one isnt eating.. I am a bit concerned. I feed them frozen brime shrimp, and frozen blood worms at the moment. I am thinking about purchasing some other types of frozen food. I wanted to buy the baby snails for them but for some reason the pet stores around here arent selling them, such as petco, and petland. I dont think her teeth are over grown, so I see no reason why she isnt eating. If you could help me or give me advice that would be great
Last edited by metrogirlx1 on Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Stormylee
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Re: one out of my 3 gsp fw fish arent eating plz help
Is your cycled? If not tey're dying. If you can ask Petco for BIO-spira. It should cycle your tank.
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Myaj
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Re: one out of my 3 gsp fw fish arent eating plz help
Welcome Metrogirl.
First you need to find out what species of puffer you have. Spotted puffers are one type, dwarf puffers are another. Both are very different, and if you have spotted puffers, that tank is all wrong for them and that would explain a lot of why one is sick. Can you get a photo? Otherwise, browse our PufferPedia, look under both freshwater and brackish to figure out which species you have.
How long has the tank been set up? Do you have any test kits to check for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings? That will tell us for sure if its cycling yet, as ammonia is very toxic to puffers. They are scaleless fish and very sensitve to anything being wrong in their tank.
In the mean time, the best possible thing you can be doing for your fish is lots of water changes. Try to change out 50% daily with clean, dechlorinated (if you are on city water) water, to keep it as clean as possible.
First you need to find out what species of puffer you have. Spotted puffers are one type, dwarf puffers are another. Both are very different, and if you have spotted puffers, that tank is all wrong for them and that would explain a lot of why one is sick. Can you get a photo? Otherwise, browse our PufferPedia, look under both freshwater and brackish to figure out which species you have.
How long has the tank been set up? Do you have any test kits to check for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings? That will tell us for sure if its cycling yet, as ammonia is very toxic to puffers. They are scaleless fish and very sensitve to anything being wrong in their tank.
In the mean time, the best possible thing you can be doing for your fish is lots of water changes. Try to change out 50% daily with clean, dechlorinated (if you are on city water) water, to keep it as clean as possible.
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Boxermom
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Re: one out of my 3 gsp fw fish arent eating plz help
Moved this to the hospital forum. Please answer all of the questions at the top of the forum so we can help. And welcome.
Tina
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1