Some of you know me, others dont. I had 11 baby intermedia, and 6 baby rio negro in a 220 with 2 FX6 filters running. Temp always at 82. Since these guys came in 3 to 4 months ago, I always fed them crush up FD Krill. Never an issue until about a month ago at 2.5-3.5". One or two here and there dropping out. Breathing alittle heavy. Always the intermedia. Now all of them and I'm down to 2 rio negro. I also have 4 baby oscars, 2-3", and 4 red shoulder severum. All fine. I heard from the guy i bought them from Malones Monsters, that some cichla have a hard time digesting FD Krill due to creatine in it. That it can cause a blockage. I did notice that everyone of them when found dead, looked like there was very little muscle or tissue holding the head on, except for the spine. And it was always from underneath, in between the gill plates and belly. Just seemed like there wasnt much left there to keep the head from popping off. Only at death though. Parameters are nitrates 20 ppm, nitrates 0 ppm, ammonia 0, PH 7.0. Thank you
Intermedia and Rio Negro all dieing
- Thread starter jimmie1974
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Sorry to hear that man. Yes FD Krill does have a negative impact when only fed that.
Krill alone is not a great diet for any SA fish really.. Try mixing it up tilapia, Hikari pellets/NLS, shrimp, and krill. Also I'm not shure which bottle of prime you have but usually one cap treats 50g you have a 220 doing 50% water change you need atleast two caps. Did you do any type of quarantine when you got the group?
