Mbu stopped eating
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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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Mbu stopped eating
For some reason my Mbu puffer has stopped eating. He used to devour snails, fiddler crabs, and frozen krill. Now out of nowhere it seems like he's scarred of the food when I drop it in the tank. He still goes after the fiddler crabs but takes one bite and leaves them. Can someone give me some insight on this please?
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
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Please answer all the Qs above, in RED.
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: Mbu stopped eating
Ph: 7.0, nitrite: 0ppm, nitrate: 0ppm
He is in a planted 75 right now. He is the only one in there and he is about 4 inches.
Like I said he was eating frozen krill once a day and either a fiddler crab, crawfish, or a snail to supplement . I have been doing weekly water changes of 15-20% and the tank has been set up for about a year.
The products I add when doing water changes are Aquasafe and Stress Coat. Flora Pride on alternate weeks for the plants.
He is in a planted 75 right now. He is the only one in there and he is about 4 inches.
Like I said he was eating frozen krill once a day and either a fiddler crab, crawfish, or a snail to supplement . I have been doing weekly water changes of 15-20% and the tank has been set up for about a year.
The products I add when doing water changes are Aquasafe and Stress Coat. Flora Pride on alternate weeks for the plants.
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
Forgot ammonia which is at 0.
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
What nitrate test are you using? You should be showing some detectable nitrate.
You've had him a year & he's only 4"??? Please post a pic of him, so I can see it he has IPs. How does his poop look?
You've had him a year & he's only 4"??? Please post a pic of him, so I can see it he has IPs. How does his poop look?
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: Mbu stopped eating
Haha...no no. The tank has been running for about a year, I have only had him MAYBE 2 months. At the moment I am using the Mardel 5 in 1 Test Strips and the coloration indicates that my nitrates are more closely to 0 than 20. His poop looks fine. Just like it did when he was eating alot...only less of it. This picture was taken about a week ago.
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
Yeah, he doesn't look like he has IPs at all. Actually, a bit overfed!
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: Mbu stopped eating
I'm going to try to vary up his diet a little more and hopefully he will go for something he hasn't had before, say earthworms or clams. Would you recommend this?
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
heslovely!
maybe hes overfed, and is just too full to eat as much as you have been giving him?
earthworms should be a favourite with him!
maybe hes overfed, and is just too full to eat as much as you have been giving him?
earthworms should be a favourite with him!
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
He looks extremely good. Beautiful color and healthy looking compare to some of the other Mbu's that I have seen on here. I agree with the other's, could be over feeding him to the point that he is full. I think afew of the other members and I was talking about something like this the other day. Keeping them fed but not overfed. I would not throw anything in there for him to eat for about two days and then try something after that but not too much at a time.
Chris,
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
Thanks all. I will try that and see what happens. I'll give everyone an update in a couple days. Anyone have any suggestions on vitamin supplements?
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
Zoe or Vita-Chem.
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
Freshwater Vita-Chem 
Chris,
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
Waited a couple days and i dropped a shrimp in today...he gobbled it right up!! Thanks for the help everyone. I'm going to try to keep him on a much stricker feeding schedule.
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Re: Mbu stopped eating
That's good to hear. I think keeping them a little hungry helps.
Chris,
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