50cm Rtg
usually eats 1 maybe 2 prawns max now per feed.
Average 1 prawn per day.
about 1 or 1.5 months ago, it ate a clown loach, after swallowing, it was hesitant to eat, would chase food but cannot bite or swallow and spits it out.
after 3 days it started eating FD Shrimp, after 5 it ate shrimps again.
still chewing and takes ages to swallow. then after about 2 weeks, it would eat perfectly fine, as normal, hungry etc.
Then 3 to 4 days ago, after a feed of shrimps,i feed it shrimp. it swallows the first like a monster. Then the second, it keeps in its mouth, this is commoni found, its deshelled and it tends to chew them. but usually swallows the the second or last piece it goes for with in a couple hours max after chewing.
The nextd ay, come feeding time, it ignores food.
It seems like its stillc hewing, weird.
So i left it.
Then the next day, still ignores food.
fast forward to 4 days now, today, i try dangling a shelled prawn no head - it loves them, really notices it has the shell.... it darts from the end of the tank to the prawn like it wants to eat it, but cannot seem to grab the shrimp, it just sits there, circling the food, wanting to go for it, smelling it... literally will stay there for 1 min as it is hungry.
But it seems like there is something in its mouth to chew.
No other fish in the tank has been eaten - I cannot see in its mouth.
What do i do?
Its clearly and visibly hungry for food. But something is stopping it.
Any ideas
usually eats 1 maybe 2 prawns max now per feed.
Average 1 prawn per day.
about 1 or 1.5 months ago, it ate a clown loach, after swallowing, it was hesitant to eat, would chase food but cannot bite or swallow and spits it out.
after 3 days it started eating FD Shrimp, after 5 it ate shrimps again.
still chewing and takes ages to swallow. then after about 2 weeks, it would eat perfectly fine, as normal, hungry etc.
Then 3 to 4 days ago, after a feed of shrimps,i feed it shrimp. it swallows the first like a monster. Then the second, it keeps in its mouth, this is commoni found, its deshelled and it tends to chew them. but usually swallows the the second or last piece it goes for with in a couple hours max after chewing.
The nextd ay, come feeding time, it ignores food.
It seems like its stillc hewing, weird.
So i left it.
Then the next day, still ignores food.
fast forward to 4 days now, today, i try dangling a shelled prawn no head - it loves them, really notices it has the shell.... it darts from the end of the tank to the prawn like it wants to eat it, but cannot seem to grab the shrimp, it just sits there, circling the food, wanting to go for it, smelling it... literally will stay there for 1 min as it is hungry.
But it seems like there is something in its mouth to chew.
No other fish in the tank has been eaten - I cannot see in its mouth.
What do i do?
Its clearly and visibly hungry for food. But something is stopping it.
Any ideas
