help my royal isnt eating!

[crazy_cavi]

ive tried nearly eveything
bloodworms, frozen and dried brine shrimp, flakes, mini pellets i even added garlic salt for flavor.
he is the replacment for the first one so this is my last chance....
the royals arent expensive for me only like 8$ tax in, i just want him to grow huge so he can chase my clown knife around in the 150g that would be sweet...

 

[eh1421]

did you just get him if so he is probly just getting use to his new home
give him time he will come around

mike

 

[crazy_cavi]

ive had him for 3 days now and he is solo in a 25 gallon tank, i took out my 15" pleco thought maybe that was scaring him. ill post in a few days if nothing changes.

 

[messiner]

ive had him for 3 days now and he is solo in a 25 gallon tank, i took out my 15" pleco thought maybe that was scaring him. ill post in a few days if nothing changes.

WOW so you had a 15in pleco in a 25 . try some rosies and ghost shrimp

 

[joeytoe]

Try Krill freeze dried or frozen, earthworms, silversides.

I had a clown knife that was started on feeder comets, an I starved him till he ate frozen krill, then I started mixing it up from earthworms, krill, carnivore pellets, finnally I had him eating strips of tilapia fillet.

 

[KnivesRule]

I have had my royal for years and she suddenly stopped eating as well. I was really worried because usually she is a pig. Then just as suddenly about 10 days later, she started eating normally. I would not worry yet.

 

[davo]

what kinda pleco is it? just a common?

 

[Dirty Old Man]

I would try feeders...primarily rosy's till he gets bigger

 

[crazy_cavi]

its a baby knife only 2" + there are baby guppys in the tank like 1/4" ones and he dosent seem to like them neither does the clown. but the clown got very territorial when i added the royal so i added the clown (7") into my 150g with my 4 oscars

 

[KnivesRule]

He is a little guy! Does he have a pipe or cave hiding place that he likes? When my guys were little they each had a small pvc pipe. I used frozen bloodworms (the ones frozen in a small square shape) and placed them inside the pipe so they would not float to the top. I could usually get them to eat these. They did not start eating the small tank mates until they were 4-5".