This is my first time keeping a Texas and was wondering if they take some time to warm up to a new environment or what. But now it's going on three weeks and from I can see he's not been eating. I figured he might be spoiled on one certain food but I've switched it up a bit and still nothing(that I can see). No signs of illness and everyone else in the tank is chowing down. Are they really this stubborn?
New Texas not eating....
- Thread starter BloodThirsty
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Mine hide a lot. They eat though. Tell me more about the tank. Temp? size? Tests? decor? Hard or soft water? does it look skinny? Anything else you may want to add to start getting to the bottom of this. If he looks good he is probably eating from under things 
Tank is a 55Gallon grow out tank. He's only a couple inches.
Tank has been running for about three weeks.
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0ppm
Ammonia 0ppm
PH 8.0
Weekly 50% water changes.
Been feeding Flakes, pellets, frozen brine shrimp, frozen krill.
No signs on internal parasites(stringy white poo) so far.
Tank has been running for about three weeks.
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate 0ppm
Ammonia 0ppm
PH 8.0
Weekly 50% water changes.
Been feeding Flakes, pellets, frozen brine shrimp, frozen krill.
No signs on internal parasites(stringy white poo) so far.
That's very unusual. I have a breeding pair of H. carpinte (not exactly Texas but closely related enough) and they were eating voraciously seconds after being introduced into the tank. I made my tank completely bare yesterday and my Carpinte seem to have become more outgoing; perhaps you can try that - the lack of cover forces them to be in the open and you can be 100% sure if it eats or not. I have never had a fish not eat for more than a week.BloodThirsty;1252430; said:
The one i'm keeping now is an absolute hog, yet he does not have to compete for food. I've kept other's in a community setting before, which were much smaller than their tankmates. They tended to pick up whatever was sifted through the gills of the larger fish, rather then compete.
Finally discovered the stringy white poo tonight. Any suggestions on what to treat with?
This is the grow out tank with the following:
Texas x 1
JD x 3
Con x 1
Sal x 1
Pictus x 1
I'm assuming meds may be tough on the pictus. Suggestions?
This is the grow out tank with the following:
Texas x 1
JD x 3
Con x 1
Sal x 1
Pictus x 1
I'm assuming meds may be tough on the pictus. Suggestions?