well - eating is GOOD! May take him a while to come around but eating is great, healing will take time. Just keep at it. sounds like you are getting good results
Underside of Motoro pup and feeding
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well - eating is GOOD! May take him a while to come around but eating is great, healing will take time. Just keep at it. sounds like you are getting good results
Yes, I think he is still getting used to a larger tank. He had lived the last month of his life in a 30 gallon tank, so I imagine he is still snapping back. Having some clean water, some decent food and some Prazi hoping he will come around.
After his initial attitude, I wasn't exactly expecting him to improve a large amount. The shrimp thing was a big jump. So much so that I am going to setup a GS tank today and get them to start breeding some, see if I can get enough going to get him eating them often, mixed with worms still. Hoping after Prazi he will feel better and get to moving, once he puts some weight on I will start trying other foods.
After his initial attitude, I wasn't exactly expecting him to improve a large amount. The shrimp thing was a big jump. So much so that I am going to setup a GS tank today and get them to start breeding some, see if I can get enough going to get him eating them often, mixed with worms still. Hoping after Prazi he will feel better and get to moving, once he puts some weight on I will start trying other foods.
ya man - when they first hit your tank and they small - seems like there a little iffy at 1st. once they get comfy - I understand they eat like Pigs! lol
For those that are following, here is a little update.
We are moving right along I think.
We started prazi treatment last Wednesday, I followed directions on the bottle and went ahead and did another dose on day 4, will let it run through Friday of this week if the nitrates will hold up that long and then do a large water change. We are sitting right around 10ppm but I have been heavily feeding. He seems to be thickening up a good bit, still seeing the bones by the tail slightly, but the worms and shrimp that I am putting in are disappearing and he is the only thing in the tank, so he must be eating.
I will say, he definitely prefers live food that he can chase around the tank. He has become bored with the cut up earthworms and really prefers chasing ghost shrimp down. I have put very small, live earthworms in and he enjoys attacking them, but just can't seem to eat them when they are still whole. He is still not interested in tilapia.
He is becoming more and more active as well, surfs around the tank a little more now, still pretty shy, but we are only on day 11 of him being with me. I haven't been able to check his underside, so hopefully it is doing better as well. I am going to try and introduce some thawed bloodworms tomorrow and see if he is interested in those. Might also get some frozen prawns and see if he is interested in those, more than likely not because if a ghost shrimp dies in the tank, he ignores it and it gets feed to the other tank instead.
We are moving right along I think.
We started prazi treatment last Wednesday, I followed directions on the bottle and went ahead and did another dose on day 4, will let it run through Friday of this week if the nitrates will hold up that long and then do a large water change. We are sitting right around 10ppm but I have been heavily feeding. He seems to be thickening up a good bit, still seeing the bones by the tail slightly, but the worms and shrimp that I am putting in are disappearing and he is the only thing in the tank, so he must be eating.
I will say, he definitely prefers live food that he can chase around the tank. He has become bored with the cut up earthworms and really prefers chasing ghost shrimp down. I have put very small, live earthworms in and he enjoys attacking them, but just can't seem to eat them when they are still whole. He is still not interested in tilapia.
He is becoming more and more active as well, surfs around the tank a little more now, still pretty shy, but we are only on day 11 of him being with me. I haven't been able to check his underside, so hopefully it is doing better as well. I am going to try and introduce some thawed bloodworms tomorrow and see if he is interested in those. Might also get some frozen prawns and see if he is interested in those, more than likely not because if a ghost shrimp dies in the tank, he ignores it and it gets feed to the other tank instead.
Really good to hear and great news hopefully he keeps improving he is in great hands
So, to update everyone.
Still willingly eating red earth worms, no more hip bones showing. I have tried some massivore and carnivore pellets presoaked, he is not interested, also, tried market shrimp and tilapia cut up very small mixed with chopped earthworms, not interested in those either.
I have, however, gotten him to eat some previously frozen krill. I soak them in tank water, then feed. However, I don't know if these are more filling than earthworms as he usually eats 3-4 earthworms 3x a day. When I noticed he would eat krill, I started mixing these into daily feedings. So I would do worms 2x a day and krill in between. However, he seems like he is only eating 2-3 at a time. I usually put in 4-5 since they aren't huge, but I notice he immediately goes over to them 1-2 disappear and then the rest sit on the bottom for a couple hours until I take them out. So not sure there.
Poop has been normal brown, until he started eating krill, then his poop turned an orange color, which I assume is completely normal.
Seems to be acting normal, still in the 110 gallon stock tank due to my 220 busting a seal. I am still deciding whether I want to build a plywood or order some acrylic and try building one. I just can't push myself to spend $3000 on the 96x48x24, especially when I can buy the acrylic to build it myself for around 1400-1500$.
Still willingly eating red earth worms, no more hip bones showing. I have tried some massivore and carnivore pellets presoaked, he is not interested, also, tried market shrimp and tilapia cut up very small mixed with chopped earthworms, not interested in those either.
I have, however, gotten him to eat some previously frozen krill. I soak them in tank water, then feed. However, I don't know if these are more filling than earthworms as he usually eats 3-4 earthworms 3x a day. When I noticed he would eat krill, I started mixing these into daily feedings. So I would do worms 2x a day and krill in between. However, he seems like he is only eating 2-3 at a time. I usually put in 4-5 since they aren't huge, but I notice he immediately goes over to them 1-2 disappear and then the rest sit on the bottom for a couple hours until I take them out. So not sure there.
Poop has been normal brown, until he started eating krill, then his poop turned an orange color, which I assume is completely normal.
Seems to be acting normal, still in the 110 gallon stock tank due to my 220 busting a seal. I am still deciding whether I want to build a plywood or order some acrylic and try building one. I just can't push myself to spend $3000 on the 96x48x24, especially when I can buy the acrylic to build it myself for around 1400-1500$.
