Spotted Gars all of sudden stopped eating ...its been 4 weeks!!

[FishBeginner]

Hi,

I am new to the forum so bare with me if I am asking dumb questions.

I have two spotted gars (both 30cm) in a 180 gallon tank, water parameters are fine and both have been eating well. I have had them for nearly a year and they never had problem eating. About 4 weeks ago, suddenly they stopped eating. I use to give them pellets and prawns, now they won't take anything. One is totally disinterested. The other one, tries to take a bit at a prawn but has difficulty swallowing it and spits it back out.

They are otherwise active and swimming well. They look healthy, just won't eat. But I do notice they still look like their stomach is full!!

I don't know what to do, and worried they are going to starve themselves to death.

 

[EntoStentor]

They won't starve themselves to death. No animal will. Just feed them.

 

[kno4te]

Gars can go on some breaks for eating. Would watch and keep the water clean. Wait it out. Can retry with some garlic mixed in perhaps.

 

[FishBeginner]

Thanks for the replies.

For about 4 months, they were fed on cooked prawns, is it better to give them cooked prawns or raw ones?

They look good externally, but I do worry that its something internal because I can see that they are trying to eat just have difficulty swallowing the food. Or they would take a bite at the pellets but releases them straight away.

 

[kno4te]

I’d try cut up tilapia or a pellet. Soak the shrimp in a vitamin solution like Boyd’s vitachem.

 

[Galantspeedz]

Thanks for the replies.

For about 4 months, they were fed on cooked prawns, is it better to give them cooked prawns or raw ones?

They look good externally, but I do worry that its something internal because I can see that they are trying to eat just have difficulty swallowing the food. Or they would take a bite at the pellets but releases them straight away.

I feed raw ones 2 days once

 

[pondbetweenwalls]

Any updates on this? Same thing is happening to my gar right now.