I just moved and my RTC was fine for a couple weeks. Its now been 4 days since he has eatin and its starting to worry me. He's only 10-12 inches so he is not that old. His activity has dropped. I removed a couple Oscars I had in the tank with him thinking they may be picking on him. If anyone has any info please post or pm me! Thanks
So my RTC won't eat!!!!
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without checking water cant help maybe ammonia spike in a new setup and os and rtc need well established biological filter. but start with water change
He is in a 100g, water perameters are good. I managed to transport 75g of water from the old house and the filter is a fluval 405 so I kept the water and media in it. Only went 45 minutes turned off and then the system was back up and running!!!
New tank needs to settle in, rtc can go for a while without food, he will eat soon enough, I moved my big rtc a fewmonths agoand he's only jus statin to be his old usual self theytake a while to adaptsomtimes or jus had stress full move, my rtc was atleast 30" wen I moved him. Big job by myself
So he eats, but only once in awhile and I have to put it right in front of his cave because he wont come out and get it. I'm worried still because I plan to move him again in March after I put up his new tank and dont want to start the process all over again!!!
whats the temp?
whats the tank setup?
what are you feeding him?
tankmates?
does he look normal?
does he come out when its dark?
whats the tank setup?
what are you feeding him?
tankmates?
does he look normal?
does he come out when its dark?
Temp is 77.0-77.6. He's in a 100T with a fluval 405 for filtration. I've been feeding him coctail shrimp, hot dogs with hikari sinking carnivore pellets in them, talapia, worms, and shiners once in awhile, along with feeder crays. He was by himself till just recently and then I put a TSN and a RTCxTSN in with him, and there is a small pleco in there. They are all in the 8-10 inch range. He looks pale when he comes out then I'll feed him and he'll get dark again. He comes out but only once in awhile and then as soon as he gets something to eat he disappears. I used to be able to pet him and he used to eat from my hand and now he just hides in his cave till the rare occassion he emerges, and then he eats and goes right back in.