Diet For Hoplarchus psittacus
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when i first got it.Its stomach was all sucked up.And now thier is a kinda of a belly. It is currently by itself in quarentine. I was told it was WC.
i never saw its poop cause when i come near the tank it will flee to the back of the tank. Ill post a pick up in a few
i never saw its poop cause when i come near the tank it will flee to the back of the tank. Ill post a pick up in a few
Thxs Justin
So if by getting HITH is it caused by poor water quailty and their type of diet. I am currently feeding hikari sinking pellets. I have usually by zoo med spirlina flakes but i am currently out lol
HITH is caused by a lack of varied diet? Any background on this?
In some cases HITH is caused by improper nutrition, a varied diet helps correct that.
Do you have any further info on this? I'll do some research, but this is the first I have ever seen HITH tied to nutrition.
At my work their was a holding pool full of misc. south american cichlids; satanoperca, cichlasoma, geophagus, hoplarchus, heros, hypeselacra, and mesonauta. The waterquality in the pool was pristine, it is filtered by a large sand filter that is backwashed daily. The ph is maintained at a steady 6.0. Even with all this many of the fish had pretty severe HITH. In order to correct this the fish were fed flake food high in vitamins as well as krill dosed with a vitamin supplement. Within a few weeks of starting this feeding regime the fish showed signs of improvement and by the end of the second month they were all healed with no visible scars.
