what to do with skinny pbass

[troutking]

so i received this pbass in a shipment and its pretty skinny. It ate a couple black worms on the first two days but now it isnt really eating. I removed it from the other two today with some guppies in a 10 gallon. Well the guppies are too fast and hard for him to catch even the itsy bitsy ones. so what should i do now? Heres a pic

 

[NCStateFisher]

maybe cut a couple of the guppies tails off so they can't swim away as fast but will still be moving/enticing as live food

 

[bassinmike85]

Frzn bloodworms..if u got the guyana ocells from snookn i got the same ones..mine are tarin up bloodworms..

 

[gangster]

mike you should start adding crushed pellets to the bloodworms. since you have a school you could prob feed by spoon as well. I used to get the bloodworms all thawed and add crushed pellets into them. Let sit for a minute and then get a little on a spoon and dip it in and my orino's would hammer em!

 

[gacericardo]

I dont think a guppy should ever be fast enough for ANY pbass. He might be sick

 

[s2convt]

I dont think a guppy should ever be fast enough for ANY pbass. He might be sick

I was thinking the same, they aren't built for escaping predators, just like goldfish.

At that size, they may just be too stressed/skittish. What I have done in the past with small pbass that will not eat is put them in a darker room, put guppies in there, count the guppies, turn off the lights and keep them there for a week or so until they get adjusted. You can determine if they are eating by counting the guppies.

 

[hillbilly]

The skinny one is ill. The eyes and body are dark. They are really fragile at such a small size, there is a very good chance it won't survive I'm afraid.

 

[phobull]

Yeah looks pretty sick - never owned a small one before so i cant say how it would go.

 

[troutking]

Yeah looks pretty sick - never owned a small one before so i cant say how it would go.

The skinny one is ill. The eyes and body are dark. They are really fragile at such a small size, there is a very good chance it won't survive I'm afraid.

yea i was thinking the same he came in like this so there wasnt much i could do. It looks like he ate like 2 of the smaller guppies but his belly still isnt full and theirs still some left Should i try some adult brineshrimp that i can get from my lfs?

I was thinking the same, they aren't built for escaping predators, just like goldfish.

At that size, they may just be too stressed/skittish. What I have done in the past with small pbass that will not eat is put them in a darker room, put guppies in there, count the guppies, turn off the lights and keep them there for a week or so until they get adjusted. You can determine if they are eating by counting the guppies.

yea i am doing this already the fish room i have all my fish in is dark except for when i go in

 

[revival]

all of my baby cichla loved the omega FD bloodworms..i would just sprinkle little at a time.....worked like a charm.