ive been havin alot of trouble gettin myine to eat over the past 3 months hes eaten maybe 4/5 feeder fish and wont even look at shrimp or tilapia and has never been into pellets, is this possibly an internal parasite cause im worried hes on his last leg i think hes layin on his stomach alot and barely movin :/
CK not eaten still
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how long have you had him? what size tank? how big is he? have you tested your water? one of the feeders coulda passed something on to him....whats the water temp?
lil under 2 years , 220, bout 12 inches water parameters are normal, he stoppe before the feeders they were a desperation move to get him to eat somethin i hadnt used feeders for like a year before that and the water temp is between 82-85, his tankmates are all fine an acting normal, he has never been uner any stress cause they all stay out of each others way for the most part
2 years and hes only 12 inches??? i dont know man..i had one for less than a year and it was 12 inches....do you have another tank setup you can put him in and see how he does by himself...are you provideing hiding places and low light? what exactly are your water parameters? are you saying there normal because your other fish seem fine or do you test weekly along with water changes?
The water temp seems a little high. Higher temp is going to increase his metabolism and since he hasn't eaten much, he's probably really weak. I would try moving him to a smaller tank, lower the temp a bit and weaken the feeders before feeding it to him.