spotted rapheal is on a hunger strike

[aquaculture]

How can i get it to eat something, ignores bloodworms and now ignores diced shrimp and hasn't eaten in a week, yet still doesn't have a sunken bellie, so it is eatting snails or mosquito fish fry.

so any reccomendations?!

 

[knifegill]

Just feed after lights go off and know that he will eat. What I do is turn off all the lights, get ready for bed, and then sneak back into the dark living room and toss in a few sinking pellets. I never see my raph eat but he's doing great. I can see him from below the tank and his belly has never sunken.

 

[aquaculture]

he gets feed around 10pm every night, how i know he isn't eating is there is still the same amount of food as the night before at 9am.

 

[aquaculture]

so no ideas on getting him to eat ?

 

[komodo182]

my rapheals go after shrimp pellets anytime of the day if I put them near their caves. Mine will not go after anything "fresh" for some reason, be it worms, cut up fish, etc. Only shrimp pellets,lol

 

[~ocean]

that's weird^

 

[halfnelson]

Fish do not go on hunger strikes ... these fish gorge themselves and then go many days without eating. Your fish is simply not hungry. Feed less.

 

[assortedsorts]

I havent seen mine eat in months..but he is still fat so has to be eating at night.

 

[DrownedFishonFire]

as long as the belly is not caved in- its fine they probably eating when you're sleeping