he looks bad in person but not as bad as the first picture. I picked up some grapes for him to eat tonight but he didn't eat any. I'm going to try some cucumber tomorrow.
New rescue, a true monster
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I will see tonight if he wants to eat or not. I did not expect him to eat last night but it was worth a try.
An LFS near me had one that big and he was very healthy. The orginal owner feed it nothing but night crawlers.
Well, I finally got him to eat! He's rejected pellets, silversides, and the grapes but he is eating romaine lettuce if I rip it up for him into small pieces. He doesn't seem to have the energy to tear up a 14" leaf himself. I can't even describe how happy he seems to be able to swim around. He loves to swim back and fourth and play with the bubbles coming out of my sponge filter. I named him Paul. Heres some shots I snapped of him a few minutes ago.
Something I've noticed is that the light turning on and off doesn't affect him at all like it does every other fish I've ever owned. Paul is just one chill fish. He does go from dark grey to a almost white at random though. Is this normal in giant gouramis? His mood doesn't seem to change, just his color. I'm going to try to feed him some cucumber tomorrow.
Something I've noticed is that the light turning on and off doesn't affect him at all like it does every other fish I've ever owned. Paul is just one chill fish. He does go from dark grey to a almost white at random though. Is this normal in giant gouramis? His mood doesn't seem to change, just his color. I'm going to try to feed him some cucumber tomorrow.
