koltsixx how about leaving in a few ghost shrimp? Have a count and see if they start missing.
I came in here to say this, verbatim. Also, I've had very good luck with trout worms or night crawlers with stubborn cats. Maybe worth a shot?
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I came in here to say this, verbatim. Also, I've had very good luck with trout worms or night crawlers with stubborn cats. Maybe worth a shot?
Thanks kno4te, I'll give it a go but I have low hope. I've tried so many different kinds of foods I'm not sure shrimp will work but I will try.
Thanks shook, I didn't try the ghost shrimp like kno4te said but I have tried night crawlers and red wigglers already. I like to use it as a treat for the fish and it's enjoyable to watch how excited they get when it's offered. Unfortunately for me it didn't entice the Nodosus but I will try the Ghost shrimp as kno4te suggested.
Thanks again guys and the Update: The Nodosus is still alive but doesn't move much in the day or night and still hasn't eaten but I'm still trying to hold out hope.
I think tentatively that something radical occurred in the catfish's brain. It is fathomable it got too little oxygen en-route let it be due to stress-related excessive blood vessel contraction, aneurysm, stroke, oxygen escape... or a brain worm or some pathogen reared its ugly head because of the immune system weakening / break down and is now affecting the brain or central nervous system.
That would be interesting yet very sad. Would there be any way to treat that?
It's merely a thought based on what Kolt has been describing from the moment he had gotten the fish and what Kno4te has been describing that there is nothing inherently that wacky with these catfishes.
I may be way off. I just think that if it was any kind of other more common and easier-seen pathogen-related illness than the one that affects brain / nerves, like external parasites or a bacterial / viral infection, or intestinal worms, etc. etc., it'd be manifested differently.
I may be way off. I just think that if it was any kind of other more common and easier-seen pathogen-related illness than the one that affects brain / nerves, like external parasites or a bacterial / viral infection, or intestinal worms, etc. etc., it'd be manifested differently.
I'd expect it to be rare for a catfish like this to simply waste away. Most species that I see not eat are on the way out and kick it after a day or two, with more obvious symptoms. With this in mind I'd only expect any shipping related possibilities in the neurological realm, as opposed to one of the bodily functions. Just a bit of support behind your thoughts.
Sorry guys I haven't responded sooner, stuff has been a little hectic for me again.
Update: The Nodosus is still alive but still hasn't eaten. I did try the Ghost Shrimp even introduced them at two different times, just before lights out and early morning before lights on but haven't seen him eat. They are disappearing but since the tank is divided with eggcrate they could be getting over to the the Scherzeri side and getting eaten there.
The Nodosus still doesn't move much except when disturbed but is now grunting loudly when disturbed. The feeder fish one of the Scherzeri eats seem to spook him when they get over to the Nodosus side and he grunts and runs from them when they touch him. So he's got enough strength to make a short dash now. However he also developed excess slime just below his dorsal taking the shape of a band about 1/8 inch wide stretching from there to just before his tail on one side. Since the Nodosus doesn't move much and is easily viewed I look fairly often and see no injuries or other irritation that I can see as the cause of the excess slime. Even checked for Velvet with the lights off and using a flashlight. Still between the grunts and dashes I'm hoping that's some sign he maybe recovering.
Again Thanks guys for the posts and the helpful suggestions.
Thanks Viktor for the suggestion, it's more or less what I had been thinking. Since the Nodosus seemed off on arrival. The odd swimming, the bumping into things almost as though he was blind, his slow reaction to running into things such as simply bumping into it again and again before finally going around. The unresponsiveness to my touch. When I transferred him to a more serene tank he was beyond easy to catch. Just let me net him and then didn't even struggle when removed from the water.
Thanks for the input bro. I really think you and Viktor are right, I just keep hoping somehow the Nodosus makes a recovery, despite how unlikely it seems.
And Thanks for asking kno4te. I appreciate it as well as all of you guys trying to help and showing interest.Any updates
Update: The Nodosus is still alive but still hasn't eaten. I did try the Ghost Shrimp even introduced them at two different times, just before lights out and early morning before lights on but haven't seen him eat. They are disappearing but since the tank is divided with eggcrate they could be getting over to the the Scherzeri side and getting eaten there.
The Nodosus still doesn't move much except when disturbed but is now grunting loudly when disturbed. The feeder fish one of the Scherzeri eats seem to spook him when they get over to the Nodosus side and he grunts and runs from them when they touch him. So he's got enough strength to make a short dash now. However he also developed excess slime just below his dorsal taking the shape of a band about 1/8 inch wide stretching from there to just before his tail on one side. Since the Nodosus doesn't move much and is easily viewed I look fairly often and see no injuries or other irritation that I can see as the cause of the excess slime. Even checked for Velvet with the lights off and using a flashlight. Still between the grunts and dashes I'm hoping that's some sign he maybe recovering.
Again Thanks guys for the posts and the helpful suggestions.
