DId your datnoids ever had an eating strike?

[Fishes33]

Yeah i quarantine my feeders. plus the LFS owner has his feeders quarantine first by his suppliers also. I'm hoping my datnoid doesnt go on a hunger strike again if i start to feed him guppies and ghost shrimp as a treat ones in a while

Your safe for now!

 

[Fish Room Plus]

my skinny ST

and

2 weeks of starvation

hes eating small pieces of cooked shrimp now

dont cook the shrimp

 

[Fishes33]

dont cook the shrimp

it comes as cooked

$1.67 a bag (400 grams) and I got two bags

 

[TCZeli]

I wouldn't trust any suppliers "quarantined" feeders. Usually feeders are kept packed tight in tanks. Hard to notice a few fish starting to get sick when they are swimming around in hundreds. Same applies if a hobbiest stocks them in great numbers for months. If not getting sick, they would be swimming around in what can be poor water quality the whole time.

Quarantined feeders also will not do anything to help get your fish to eat other foods.

 

[Prophet714]

good point tczeli. so you dont feed your dats anything live?

 

[TCZeli]

Never...

 

[Prophet714]

wow.. point noted.. its just interesting to see them hunt once in a while.. but i guess staying away from the risk of transferred diseases is good too

 

[goldenchild]

Yes, but its normal apparently. I've got 5 in a 90 gallon. 4-5 inch