Dat in distress please help!

jennybean

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I've posted this already and no one wrote anything so I'm going to try again. My beloved gold Dat Marty is not eating. He has always eaten shrimp, silver sides, and cut white fish. He had feeder minnows but so did the other two dats and several bichirs and that was months ago. There is no gravel in the tank. He still desperately goes after the food but mouths it and spits it out. Any idea what could be causing this? Parasite, blockage, internal damage? Any ideas would be helpful please post anything that comes to mind.
 

krichardson

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Exactly which species do you have here as "gold dat" ain't cuttin it?
 

convict360

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Sounds rough, does he ingest any parts of the food or spits out the entirety?

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krichardson

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Oops.I asked because they are the dats that seem to be most prone to various afflictions and maladies.It sounds like your dat has parasites in the mouth or gill area.
 

krichardson

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Get some Coppersafe and treat with that.It's probably a good idea to treat the whole tank rather than isolating your goldy,how big is the tank?
 
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