fish not eating

[~ocean]

grr, my fish aren't eating. Nor are they eating from my hand. I think they're hooked onto the garlic...

 

[Nemesis]

Why were you giving them garlic?

 

[~ocean]

because they had little white dots that infected quickly (it's gone now)

 

[knifegill]

Meow?

 

[~ocean]

Meow?

???????????

 

[Nemesis]

Ok. Those little white dots were most likely ich(if you don't know what it is look it up in disease forum). How long ago did the white spots go away, and what did you do to make them go away? Treatment for ich usually should be continued at least a week after the spots leave. Make sure your water parameters are all good. Fish usually won't eat when they are sick or stressed, so first thing you have to do is correct your problem(whether it be ich or parameters). Don't worry if they don't eat for a few days. Just keep trying to feed small amounts, and remove uneaten food, until they start eating like normal.

 

[~ocean]

just a few hours ago, I suspected ich but they were way, way bigger!

 

[Nemesis]

What did you do to make them go away?

 

[~ocean]

garlic, my clown loach has remaning tiny dots, i'm going to buy coppersafe.

 

[justonemoretank]

Don't use treatments containing copper on loaches.