Pls help! LMB getting very skinny and not eating.
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The fact that it's always been kinda skinny leads me to to think that it could be some kind of deformity. If it has parasites then it's had them since I put him in my tank a year ago. As you can see in my avatar he was already skinny a while back even when he was eating regularly. But if this is a hunger strike it's one hell of a hunger strike that even Kate Moss couldnt outdo.
Yea some fish are just like that...some have bigger appetites than others..like my kelb wudnt ever take much butthan a couple months after it kinda got the idea to eat more than a couple blackwormssurfer;4942631; said:The fact that it's always been kinda skinny leads me to to think that it could be some kind of deformity. If it has parasites then it's had them since I put him in my tank a year ago. As you can see in my avatar he was already skinny a while back even when he was eating regularly. But if this is a hunger strike it's one hell of a hunger strike that even Kate Moss couldnt outdo.
Ryan75;4942641; said:try wax worms, mealworms.....uhm some type of bug
Tried those too and he just ignores them as they sink to the bottom of the tank. As a matter of fact, just to get him to mouth food I would have to coax him into mouthing it by making it dance in front of the glass just to have him spit it out when I finally toss it in. It's just so much trouble trying to get him to eat. I've already starting fishing this morning for a replacement in preparation for it's death by starvation.
surfer;4942663; said:Tried those too and he just ignores them as they sink to the bottom of the tank. As a matter of fact, just to get him to mouth food I would have to coax him into mouthing it by making it dance in front of the glass just to have him spit it out when I finally toss it in. It's just so much trouble trying to get him to eat. I've already starting fishing this morning for a replacement in preparation for it's death by starvation.
El do? Or alondra?
ElDo. Alondra is too small and is already pressured enough. It needs all the fish it can take to sustain a decent population. ElDo on the other hand is chalk full of bass.
Since I removed the peacock bass. He's all alone except for a crawdad that spends most of it's time inside a tree root.
Good news it actually ate a little tonight. With the lights off I got its attention and threw tiny pieces of market shrimp in there when it looked like he was anticipating. Out of 5 small pieces of shrimp, he swallowed 4. He only spat 1 out, which the crawdad is taking care of as I type. I guess he gets the munchies when the lights are out. Definitely encouraging. Let's see how tomorrow goes.
