DP wasting away
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 2:44 pm
Hi All
So a little bit ago I had some pretty bad DP squabbling resulting in one of my DPs getting bitten pretty bad. I took her out and put her in a 5 gallon alone (except for 3 rili shrimp and some MTS). She has lost a lot of weight! At first I thought it was stress related but now I'm not sure. She eats fine and I've taken to feeding her twice a day instead of once but no weight gain. I treated all my puffers for parasites about a month ago (just as a precaution I treat them every few months with oral meds I soak their food in) so I don't think thats the issue. She acts normal, eats everything I give her and even hunts the snails (lucky for the shrimp she isn't interested in them. I was willing to lose them if I had to but their tank was the only cycled one I had available when I had to move her)
Could this be aging? She is probably 2-3 years old but I thought DPs lived longer then that. I'm open to suggestions I'm out of ideas as to what to do for her.
http://i.imgur.com/bg0yhjt.jpg
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Sorry, heres the answers to the section in red
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity PH - 7.8, Ammonia - 0 , nitrite 0, nitrate <20
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. - 5 gallon with 3 red rili shrimp and an unknown number of trumpet snails and 1 DP
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank- Feeding now 2x day bloodworms or mysis shrimp, water change about 30 percent every 2 weeks, fluval water conditioner
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. - none
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? - 2 years
So a little bit ago I had some pretty bad DP squabbling resulting in one of my DPs getting bitten pretty bad. I took her out and put her in a 5 gallon alone (except for 3 rili shrimp and some MTS). She has lost a lot of weight! At first I thought it was stress related but now I'm not sure. She eats fine and I've taken to feeding her twice a day instead of once but no weight gain. I treated all my puffers for parasites about a month ago (just as a precaution I treat them every few months with oral meds I soak their food in) so I don't think thats the issue. She acts normal, eats everything I give her and even hunts the snails (lucky for the shrimp she isn't interested in them. I was willing to lose them if I had to but their tank was the only cycled one I had available when I had to move her)
Could this be aging? She is probably 2-3 years old but I thought DPs lived longer then that. I'm open to suggestions I'm out of ideas as to what to do for her.
http://i.imgur.com/bg0yhjt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/u2BZkwJ.jpg
Sorry, heres the answers to the section in red
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity PH - 7.8, Ammonia - 0 , nitrite 0, nitrate <20
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. - 5 gallon with 3 red rili shrimp and an unknown number of trumpet snails and 1 DP
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank- Feeding now 2x day bloodworms or mysis shrimp, water change about 30 percent every 2 weeks, fluval water conditioner
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. - none
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? - 2 years
