Red severum spitting food

[Greyscale]

Have you tested your water?

No

If I did not test my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.

Do you do water changes?

Yes

What percentage of water do you change?

51-60%

How frequently do you change your water?

Every two weeks

If I do not change my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.

I have two red severum about 4-5 inches and one of them usually eats from the gravel and all the other does not.And most of the times it just keeps spitting food out and i have to hand feed bits and pieces. It comes for food but keeps spitting out. Anyone knows why ?

 

[tlindsey]

I have two red severum about 4-5 inches and one of them usually eats from the gravel and all the other does not.And most of the times it just keeps spitting food out and i have to hand feed bits and pieces. It comes for food but keeps spitting out. Anyone knows why ?

Welcome aboard
You will need to test your water parameters it's possible something may be off. It will help us also to analyze the problem.

 

[Midwater]

How long have you had the severums? How long has the one been spitting food out?

And does he look thin or malnourished?

 

[Greyscale]

How long have you had the severums? How long has the one been spitting food out?

And does he look thin or malnourished?

i had them about 3-4 months for now,both of them were eating.Now for the past one month I think I noticed this one not eating much from the gravel and food just stays at the bottom. I hand feed it it eats small bits but most of the time it spits out. It tries to eat but it feels like it's not able to chew or something

 

[Greyscale]

We can see the food escaping it's mouth and it again tries to eat but the same happens

 

[duanes]

Agree with Tlindsey
Before anyone can answer your question with any certainty, water parameters need to be be known. (ph, hardness, nitrate concentration)
Severum hail from naturally soft, neutral to low pH water (pH 7 or below) wth very low nitrate.
To me with an only 50% to 60% water change every 2 weeks would allow for periodic nitrate elevations that could cause enough to cause distress over time.
Especially if your water is "not soft", and acidic.

 

[Greyscale]

Agree with Tlindsey
Before anyone can answer your question with any certainty, water parameters need to be be known. (ph, hardness, nitrate concentration)
Severum hail from naturally soft, neutral to low pH water (pH 7 or below) wth very low nitrate.
To me with an only 50% to 60% water change every 2 weeks would allow for periodic nitrate elevations that could cause enough to cause distress over time.
Especially if your water is "not soft", and acidic.

but it was okay for the past 3 months and the other one present is okay too and since i saw this stuff I started changing water recently too. What should I do ? Should I try changing the entire water?

 

[Greyscale]

And one thing i noticed is that this one shakes his head so much sometimes and sometimes it starts biting into the stones and all. Noticed these recently only

 

[Midwater]

but it was okay for the past 3 months

And it is not okay now.

 

[duanes]

We still need to know water parameters.
Sometimes it takes time for certain parameters to effect the health of fish, and some are more sensitive than others..
As an example,
It sometimes takes the effect of too high a pH, and hard water to a year or maybe 2, to show the ravages of HITH disease, because it takes normally benign bacteria time to become infectious.
Just as it takes time for nitrates to build up to a concentration to become Hypoxic if too few regular water changes are
performed, and create conditions of those bactera to become pathogenic.