CK not eating

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Jack Dempsey
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Sep 16, 2010
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Hey guys. How is everyone? My 2year Ck, Leonidas, after the Spartan King in the movie 300 haha. He has not been eating for the past 7 days.

125g tank
hes the only fish in there
0 for ammonia and nitrite
10 for nitrate
checked his body, didnt see anything out of the blue
he doesnt swim nearly as much as he did
water temp is 79-80 degrees
I feed him frozen raw shrimp from sams club, $16 a bag so there good shrimp. He's never not eaten them
Hes not rubbing himself agaisnt anything so I dont think its an internal parasite
I know when I tap on the glass he doesnt respond to me, he always use to swim vigrously up to the feeding spot.
I have been paying my 46g tank a bit more attention, I know Ck's are personal fish and like the attention themselves.

Any ideas? Thank you.
 
Do you have any variety in his diet? Or just shrimp? I feed my rck a combination of fish shrimp and pellets and hes never missed a meal.
 
He actually eat this morning one shrimp :) I noticed on the bottom he had some green waste, his waste has always been brown. From now on I will use cooler water. Thank you for the tip! And I have tried other foods, he will not take pellets, the only other foods he has accecpted have been frozen shrimp, frozen raw shrimp and salmon. But hes not crazy about the salmon. And I will not do feeders, well maybe once every 6 months just so his instincts can kick in and he can chase them.
 
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