HELP! Azul not eating/sunken in stomach.

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as for medication, Metranidazole or Praziquantel

hopefully it just needs more food and the feeders will work. I recently had a cincta pike that I thought had parasites for the same reason, but it finally came around and started eating like a pig and filled out. Then after a month it decided it was going to eat anything anymore and croaked.
 
Don't medicate at all. I have lost plenty of Cichla and it isn't parisite's or worm's. Feed him what he will eat. Blood worms/Black worms or feeders. They looked horriable in there for sale pic's so I wouldn't go blaming Rapp's. Your best bet is to get him some feeders and take it slow 2 or 3 feeder's 4xs a day. Good luck and good lesson learned from this experience.
 
dirtbikerider said:
I bought two also and one mysteriously died after only 2 days, hope u aren't getting the same situation
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I just had one die as well after two days. He was eating well and then I came home from work yesterday and he was dead. That sucks as I only bought one.
If anyone else Azuls dies from rapps maybe we need to call him collectively an see what he thinks..
 
High City Rida said:
Don't medicate at all. I have lost plenty of Cichla and it isn't parisite's or worm's. Feed him what he will eat. Blood worms/Black worms or feeders. They looked horriable in there for sale pic's so I wouldn't go blaming Rapp's. Your best bet is to get him some feeders and take it slow 2 or 3 feeder's 4xs a day. Good luck and good lesson learned from this experience.
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What's the good lesson learned, don't buy from that particular vendor, don't buy when the fish look horrible (which I would not say they looked horrible but thin yes, what do I know though, I never owned an Azul before, they look thin like tems usually look), or is the lesson, don't medicate cichla?
 
R1_Ridah said:
I would just separate it in it's own tank. This way no competition for food. Bump the temp up (86+) and aerate it as much as possible with air stones. I'd even treat it with salt. Just a suggestion on what I would do.
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was planning on putting my tig in either the 240 or in the 150 with the cichla and putting the smaller azul in the 40 till he fattens up and is pellet trained. The monos and bigger azul are already on pellets and other goodies.

Edit: just got an email from rapps, he has treated them with praziquantel and metronidizole already, so its like what you guys are saying. probably not parasites killing them.
 
Yeah, I'm not sure what it is that is killing them. My other azul from the same shipment seems to be okay, but I am keeping a close eye on him. I want to get the one that is still left on pellets but I want to be sure he is healthy weight before I take any risks with him (not that feeding live isnt risky but atleast he is eating right now)
 
yep, separate and keep feeders in as was said, then. Hope it comes around.

hopefully it comes around. One weird thing I've noticed w/ my little guys (orinos and monos) is they were eating well when I was giving feeders once a week, but when I stopped they didn't eat much. Now that I'm doing feeders once a week again they're eating well every day.
 
If little bass arent eating any of the non live stuff right away i would just throw in feeders and get them eating and chunky. Why bother chancing all that money wasted. Worry about getting them on non live foods when there 9inches plus.
 
Thanks for the advice guys, I transfered the smaller azul into the 40 gallon last night. He's doing good in there, 2-3 minutes after transferring him he ate 4 guppies that i had put in there before him. I think I spoiled the larger one, he was eating pellets fine day 1 and 2, but as soon as i started putting bits of shrimp in for the smaller azul he hasnt been hitting the pellets as hard. He wouldnt even look at them last night, but this morning he ate a few. Hopefully he starts hammering pellets again soon.
 
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