Last chance at RG chronicles
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florida joe
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Originally Posted by renogaw
try feeding with garlic, or even just trying some flake or pellet food, to get him used to you feeding him.
i have tryed Kents garlic Xtreme and Nutrafin Max marine flake food no luck i just gave him a little cyclo and blood worms same color and about the same size he literaly picked out the cyclo
try feeding with garlic, or even just trying some flake or pellet food, to get him used to you feeding him.
i have tryed Kents garlic Xtreme and Nutrafin Max marine flake food no luck i just gave him a little cyclo and blood worms same color and about the same size he literaly picked out the cyclo
srfisher17
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Originally Posted by florida joe
i have tryed Kents carlic Xtreme and Nutrafin Max marine flake food no luck i just gave him a little cyclo and blood worms same color and about the same size he literaly picked out the cyclo
Well Joe, as long as he's eating SOMETHING in QT....you have plenty of time to wean him. He's picking out what he wants; I sure wouldn't bother with flakes or pellets until he goes from live/cyclopeeze to frozen. Don't let your past experience cause you to worry too much, Buddy.
i have tryed Kents carlic Xtreme and Nutrafin Max marine flake food no luck i just gave him a little cyclo and blood worms same color and about the same size he literaly picked out the cyclo
Well Joe, as long as he's eating SOMETHING in QT....you have plenty of time to wean him. He's picking out what he wants; I sure wouldn't bother with flakes or pellets until he goes from live/cyclopeeze to frozen. Don't let your past experience cause you to worry too much, Buddy.
florida joe
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Originally Posted by srfisher17
Well Joe, as long as he's eating SOMETHING in QT....you have plenty of time to wean him. He's picking out what he wants; I sure wouldn't bother with flakes or pellets until he goes from live/cyclopeeze to frozen. Don't let your past experience cause you to worry too much, Buddy.
yea but hes not even eating live anymore just the cyclo and half hearted at that
Well Joe, as long as he's eating SOMETHING in QT....you have plenty of time to wean him. He's picking out what he wants; I sure wouldn't bother with flakes or pellets until he goes from live/cyclopeeze to frozen. Don't let your past experience cause you to worry too much, Buddy.
yea but hes not even eating live anymore just the cyclo and half hearted at that
florida joe
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Just out of curiosity of the people out there that have a RG in their DT how many of you put their fish right into their DT after acclamation with out any quarantine time
jpc763
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I QT'd my RG for 3+ weeks before putting into DT. I did not hypo it in QT. The RG did not eat the first day, but ate hearty after that. I have no problems feeding it anything. I feed Frozen foods - Mysis, Emerald Entree and Marine Cuisine.
Sorry you are having such a hard time.
Sorry you are having such a hard time.
mcbdz
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Originally Posted by florida joe
Just out of curiosity of the people out there that have a RG in their DT how many of you put their fish right into their DT after acclamation with out any quarantine time
I must shamefully admit I did. Ended up with popeye. Now her name is one eyed flo.
Just out of curiosity of the people out there that have a RG in their DT how many of you put their fish right into their DT after acclamation with out any quarantine time
I must shamefully admit I did. Ended up with popeye. Now her name is one eyed flo.
florida joe
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But they lived is the common thread that they just don’t do well in a small tank environment of a QT and just shut down maybe they need the every day hustle and bustle of tank reef life to survive
florida joe
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thats just my point T are we missing somthing so simple here as the need not to QT
florida joe
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They are pretty disease resistant and maybe all the claims for the ease of keeping means just buy and dump
florida joe
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well my RG has stopped eating any kind of food
jpc763
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Originally Posted by florida joe
well my RG has stopped eating any kind of food
I am very sorry to hear that. My RG was QT'd in a 5g tank for 3.5 weeks. Don't be tempted to skip the QT step. Read this thread
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/287169/well-all-the-threads-going-to-pay-off
Good luck.
well my RG has stopped eating any kind of food
I am very sorry to hear that. My RG was QT'd in a 5g tank for 3.5 weeks. Don't be tempted to skip the QT step. Read this thread
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/287169/well-all-the-threads-going-to-pay-off
Good luck.
metweezer
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Joe,
How does he look otherwise? I am not going to go through the hyposalinity deal when I get mine. I can't! I have 3 gold dust (freshwater) mollies in my QT. As I introduce new fish I will treat them with Clout and Metronidazaole
Don't ask me. I have a marine biologist who has been giving me pointers. I hope that your RG pulls through.
Steve
How does he look otherwise? I am not going to go through the hyposalinity deal when I get mine. I can't! I have 3 gold dust (freshwater) mollies in my QT. As I introduce new fish I will treat them with Clout and Metronidazaole
Steve
florida joe
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Originally Posted by metweezer
Joe,
How does he look otherwise? I am not going to go through the hyposalinity deal when I get mine. I can't! I have 3 gold dust (freshwater) mollies in my QT. As I introduce new fish I will treat them with Clout and Metronidazaole
Steve
Steve my RG looks good other then starving himself to death he is responsive to movement out side the tank swimming at a 45 degrees angle as they do body is clean and free of spots eyes clear color bright he just WILL NOT EAT
florida joe
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Well it seems like my RG is destine to starve himself to death my last resort is hatching my own brine shrimp maybe the newly hatched shrimp will get him to eat I will have some hatched tomorrow but I do not think that will work so I am left with a morel dilemma do I continue to try to feed him and watch him slowly starve to death or do I take him to the Keys and release him in the hopes that the open water will give him a new life if not at least he will die in the ocean and not in a 20g tank in which he was never meant to live in anyway
michael r
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I think that you should take a breather and relax for a second.
Fish can go for long whiles without food (even up to two weeks). There is no reason to lose hope now just because she hasn't eaten for one or two days.
It may even be a good idea to stop feeding her for a few days so she develops an appetite.
Fish can go for long whiles without food (even up to two weeks). There is no reason to lose hope now just because she hasn't eaten for one or two days.
It may even be a good idea to stop feeding her for a few days so she develops an appetite.
florida joe
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Originally Posted by Michael R
I think that you should take a breather and relax for a second.
Fish can go for long whiles without food (even up to two weeks). There is no reason to lose hope now just because she hasn't eaten for one or two days.
It may even be a good idea to stop feeding her for a few days so she develops an appetite.
sorry this may be venting but no need to stop feeding him he is not eating and its been 4 days my window of giving him a chance in the open ocean is closing fast
I think that you should take a breather and relax for a second.
Fish can go for long whiles without food (even up to two weeks). There is no reason to lose hope now just because she hasn't eaten for one or two days.
It may even be a good idea to stop feeding her for a few days so she develops an appetite.
sorry this may be venting but no need to stop feeding him he is not eating and its been 4 days my window of giving him a chance in the open ocean is closing fast
metweezer
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He's yours and if he is to not survive, then so be it. Maybe RG's don't need H/S. Far be it for me to advise you, but don't let this be your last Chronicle. Have you used H/S on all of your RG's? Maybe anticipating something that may happen to your fish, may not happen. You are much more experienced than I but if something ain't working then change it.
I wish you and your RG the best.
Steve
I wish you and your RG the best.
Steve