jarhead: not very active and kinda lethargic

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henward

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my jardinii used to use to eat multiple whole shrimp a day. then it tapered to just one every 2 to 3 days, now it tapered to every week or less.

Its about 17 inch.
fat as hell

i noticed aht it seems to be lazy to open its mouth, kinda doesnt wanna open its mouth too much.

it became increasingly lazy and not hungry when i took away its tank mates.... tinfoil barbs and silver dolalrs and flagtail.

i started feeding it frozen mealworms, and when it takes the worms, it seems like it just kinda opens its mouth a little bit and sucks the food in, not the usual gaping mouth and biting the food hard.

ay reason for this?

also, its stomach seems like its full of food, .... but its impossible cos i havent realy fed it much lately to have that kinda bulge.

anything i can feed it to speed up its metabolism?
maybe flush its belly of the old stuff perhaps?

will a couple of live fish maybe stimulate its digestion perhaps?
 
whats the tempature? you can probably raise it too 84-86 F and the bulge you said could be digestion problem
 
i am unsure if its constipation.
temp is high enough, my other aros have been ok with same feeding regime.

what can i feed to alleviate this?
maybe get live food and inject it withGarlic guard?
 
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