Ebjd all of sudden stop eating

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crxlsturbo

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Got him about 1 more ago. For the first week he wasn't really eating. After that week he would eat but only blood worms. Nothing else. At least he was eating something. So I fed him only blood worms for the next 2 weeks. Now all of a sudden he stopped eating. So far it's been 4 days and nothing. I had him in my 120 gallon with 1 midas, 1 jack dempsey, 1 Bala shark, 1 rainbow shark clown loach and 3 Diamond scale tinfoil barbs. The ebjd was the king of the tank. All of the fish are only 1-2in. A day or 2 after he stopped eating I noticed the baby midas and ebjd lip locking. I immediately took the ebjd out and put him in my 10 gallon to separate the 2. He's been in my 10 gallon for 2 days by himself now and no eating. I threw some blood worms in there along with some nls flakes and nls algae wafers which my other cichlids love to eat. Nothing. I am after of leaving the food in there and contaminating the water. So I not throw anymore food in there. Kind of stumped on why he just stopped eating. Before I put him the 10 gallon the day before I did a 50% water change on the 10 gallon. Any suggestions on what I can do. This is my 2nd ebjd that I am trying to raise. The first one didn't last a week. So this is the longest I have had a ebjd survive. Here's a pic of the midas and ebjd lip locking. Thanks

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Don't want to discourage you or make it sound hopeless but in dealing with EBJD on and off since 2005, I can honestly tell you that any time frozen blood worms are fed you tend to see the fatal symptoms you are describing! EBJD have a very weak immune system in general as so many on this site already know. I currently have a group of 4 adult EBJD and 7 BGJD, and my success has been only because I have stayed away from frozen foods. For whatever reasons the EBJD simply cant handle it. Now that they are 4in. plus they can eat frozen foods, but from my experience over the years it has been a very simple demise, frozen food equals loss of appetite and eventually death. The fatal signs are they grow very thin and slowly turn very dark and then eventually die! I wish you well, but look out for the long white stringy **** (Hexamita}!
 
I had that problem.. I used this and he came back around...should be a inexpensive treatment in a 10gal... Hope he makes it and best if luck to you....


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If he comes around and starts eating...mix it and garlic guard over some small new life spectrum pellets... And it will run its course...act fast though


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[video=youtube;sQTTd-q26EQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQTTd-q26EQ[/video] all have been feed blood worms since they were less than a inch. All are turning into awesome looking fish and their colors are crazy. Fish was probably sick when u got it i have EBJD and havent had one problem with the worms. Not one of these fish has ever had a pellet since i got them.
 
SharptoothBass said:
[video=youtube;sQTTd-q26EQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQTTd-q26EQ[/video] all have been feed blood worms since they were less than a inch. All are turning into awesome looking fish and their colors are crazy. Fish was probably sick when u got it i have EBJD and havent had one problem with the worms. Not one of these fish has ever had a pellet since i got them.
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I could be mistaken (and if I am I apologize in advance), but those don't look like EBJD. They look like regular JDs or even blue gene JDs. They don't seem blue enough to me to be EBJDs. I will let other more experienced EBJD keepers chime in here to confirm or deny.


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Those look like regular jacks or het. Gene jacks possibly to me.... Turn the light on


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