Need advise! (frontosa saved from a terrible situation, What now?)
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mike dunagan;1693135; said:
Thanks mike... By the way update on the front.
After growing back a bit of his finninage he got into a fight with my catish over the new cave, and now he has a few more nicks. (definitly bad)
Eating more, I don't know if they are suposed to like high protine algy flakes but mine loves them, as well as krill (probably good)
I have peacocks in the tank that have really long fins and they generally do fine. Although when I first put them in they always get beat up. (cichlid tank after all)
Still very got that; if he dosen't make it at least I tried attitude
With this guy constant bad and good signals.
A fish that eats is a fish that lives. GENERALLY.
Robertshadow;1693758; said:
maybe another new cave needed..my clown knife and huge common are about 14 inches long and both wanted to fit into same cave..i bought another one and both still sleep together in the same cave although once in awhile they will split up and go into the other cave
Red Devil;1694459; said:maybe another new cave needed..my clown knife and huge common are about 14 inches long and both wanted to fit into same cave..i bought another one and both still sleep together in the same cave although once in awhile they will split up and go into the other cave
I make a habit of not spoiling my fish as much as I can, for instance my elephant nose hid all day when I first got him and was terrified of me.
At first I let him have his little cave and over fed all my fish to make sure he got food. After the third day I started trying to hand feed him, and after about a month he became very active during the day not knowing when I would feed him, and always very happy to see me swimming through my fingers and such. He became healthy, and huge. I had him for 4 years, until I sold him for a huge $200. hand fed and avtive during the day.
my motto is: a healthy fish is a show peice. Even the most common fish can become show peices if they're well fed and happy.
Same with my cat fishes, they all come out and eat out of my hand.
Before I started doing that I would never see any of the bottom feeders or shy fish during the day.
My eel never burries himself and is also hand fed.
I took the cave out- problem solved lol
The front looks very happy today, he's taken it upon himself to re-arange the tank. I'll try to get pictures of him shoving stuff around with his huge mouth.
i say what ever you think works is the way to go, i am probably too obsessed with everything.... you are right sometimes better to leave it alone then to try to accomplish something that may not even make the difference.. they usually work it out .. 
Red Devil;1694927; said:i say what ever you think works is the way to go, i am probably too obsessed with everything.... you are right sometimes better to leave it alone then to try to accomplish something that may not even make the difference.. they usually work it out ..
With a little help and a push in the right direction, I treat my fish like kids haha
Of course the truth of the matter is there are a thousand ways to make things work and what works for one person may not work for someone else.
*UPDATE* Front becoming more active, still very cautious of his tank mates, but clearly alert and hungry! (Not for my curious eel I hope! Who dosen't know how to keep his distance from the other fish and gets in the way of very pciture I try to take of my fish! Everytime I get near the tank he swims up begging for food )
My front really likes spirulina flakes, is it ok for him to eat them? He dose get krill on top of that, but I feed my haps spirulina flakes once a day or once every second day to bring out the blue.
Now keep in mind that these flakes are only about 39 percent spirulina, the rest is herring and cod.
)My front really likes spirulina flakes, is it ok for him to eat them? He dose get krill on top of that, but I feed my haps spirulina flakes once a day or once every second day to bring out the blue.
Now keep in mind that these flakes are only about 39 percent spirulina, the rest is herring and cod.
*update*
health steadily increasing, new fin rays extending. Eating twice a day now.
I still have a hope for the best perpare for the worst attitude, you never know when an unhealthy fish will get really sick really fast. Although visibly at least he seems happier and healthier. (pardon my bad english)
health steadily increasing, new fin rays extending. Eating twice a day now.
I still have a hope for the best perpare for the worst attitude, you never know when an unhealthy fish will get really sick really fast. Although visibly at least he seems happier and healthier. (pardon my bad english)
