GSP not eating
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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.
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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.
GSP not eating
My gsp is fasting since 2 days after i feed it with a big chunk of prawn fresh meat. It keep sufing in the aquarium n hide in the hiding place this 2 days. What is the problem? sg reading 1.006. Need help...
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Re: GSP not eating
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: GSP not eating
+1 Additional info is needed for us to properly assist you. Please provide more info about the aquarium setup, water quality, tankmates and the water change and feeding schedule.
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Re: GSP not eating
1. ph - 7.6
Ammonia - 0 ppm
nitrite - 0 ppm
nitrate - 0 ppm
S.G. - 1.006
2. 52G tank with 5 bbg,
3. Feed twice with bloodworm but feed with fresh prawn meat last 2 days, do a 50% water change weekly. Last thursday wc .
4. Change the sg from 1.004 to 1.006 from last week
5. Set up more than months. No substrate, got protein skimmer n canisster filter
Today seem ok a bit he swim like usual surfing around the aquarium but stiill not eating like usual just bite 1-2 bloodworm only.
Ammonia - 0 ppm
nitrite - 0 ppm
nitrate - 0 ppm
S.G. - 1.006
2. 52G tank with 5 bbg,
3. Feed twice with bloodworm but feed with fresh prawn meat last 2 days, do a 50% water change weekly. Last thursday wc .
4. Change the sg from 1.004 to 1.006 from last week
5. Set up more than months. No substrate, got protein skimmer n canisster filter
Today seem ok a bit he swim like usual surfing around the aquarium but stiill not eating like usual just bite 1-2 bloodworm only.
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Re: GSP not eating
I am a bit concerned you are showing no nitrate considering it has been nearly a week since your last waterchange. Are you using a liquid test kit or dip strips? It could be a little stress showing from the sg raise although it was a small rise. Was the prawn cooked for human consumption or totally raw?
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
Re: GSP not eating
Using dip strips. Maybe right stress from the sg raise so got any solution for the sg raise? Or i keep on raise 0.002 weekly. The prawn is raw for human comsumption.
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Re: GSP not eating
Raising your salinity at 0.002 per week is fine for your bio filter. Your fish can handle much faster so this will not be causing your issues. However liquid test strips are terribly in accurate and without knowing the exact water parameters it's hard to say what the issue is. Can you get a Lfs to test your water with a liquid test kit? Worth buying one of these too. Maybe the food disagreed with him.
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Re: GSP not eating
Will get the liquid test kit soon. I do 50% wc n he looks quite happy but what i concerned he eat not like last time. It no show stress or some black color on its belly. Its normal ? As i know the gsp is very appetite n will eat until blow its belly.
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Re: GSP not eating
Try varying his food choices.
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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!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"