helpergent is my jar dying???

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Jardini 360

Feeder Fish
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Jul 2, 2007
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my jar wont eat and he egnores the crickets i give him and today hes not swimin well hes swimin very slowly and is sort of floatin .wats wrong wit him?is he gonna die?
 
Give him time. Sometimes they just aren't interested. Not too uncommon. Unless he doesn't eat for several weeks, there isn't much to worry about.
 
today hes not swimin well hes swimin very slowly and is sort of floatin
. If he is floating then you probably do have something to worry about.

I've seen your posts lately and you look like an ubernoob at keeping fish.
Water Quality- Check it. :nilly:
 
Either I missed the floating part, or you edited your post. If he is floating, and not staying aligned like he normally should, then he probably won't make it through the night.
 
Do have some water reading with test kits. Ammonia spike can be a silent killer in some case.
 
Water changes immediately! i would keep up on about 25% a day! and I would do a melafix/pimafix combo (use as directed), to be on the safe side! once a fish has lost boyancy there is a seriose problem and you must do everything you can. This means keep the water at absolute best conditions temps extra aeration salt, as well (IMO) melafix/pimafix daily until better.
 
hes gotten bak his bouncy but now hes hangin at da bottom and still not eatin.i just changed the water yesterday.the problem started 2 days ago
 
listen to what people are saying.....

- lights off
- temp 29-31c
- melafix, etc....
- don't feed
- 15-20% daily wc

see what happens....
 
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