Huh, might havto try that out. Honestly need to get a bigger heater for my big tank. It's been having a hard time keeping up with the cold here lately. Also it might be a bit early for the bigger one, she stopped eating after I rehomed her mother (for about 2 weeks) and just recently started eating again so she probably needs to fatten up a bit first. She seems so bored now that she has no one to fight with 24/7 lol.
No kidding. That literally saved my King kamfa from what I thought was him dying. He showed no signs of disease or discomfort. He just always sat at the bottom of the tank since I got him.
I wasn't gonna medicate him that's for sure. He didn't have any white poop. In fact there was no poop. He wasn't eating. But I seen him eat at the LFS before I took him home.
Weeks went by, realized my heater wasn't keeping my 75 gallon warm enough and I didn't have enough water flow so there were hot and cold spots.
Once I got all that situated. He started eating, not much but he ate and that made me very pleased.
After about a week of that I decided to put a mirror in front of his tank for a few minutes. He would love it for about 5 minutes then lose interest and go back to laying down by the mirror!!! Arggh!!
So I decided after that.. ok. I know he doesn't have a disease. He showed no interest in a males face.. I took a wild guess and went and searched for a female parrot. Ended up finding a beauty for 30$.
Got home put her in the tank... boy!!
He swam up and fanned her like crazy! Ever since that day hes been a fat little piggy. Eating whatever you give him. As a test, I would periodically take her out to check out his mood. Within a few hours hes bored and laying at the bottom...
Once you get a taste of women, nothing else comes close.. am I right?