Advice for a fish that wont eat?

[jimrawr]

I've had my Midas Blenny now a couple months. He was always looking healthy and eating like a pig. Two days ago he just stopped eating, and I have no idea why. The water tests just fine, and all the other inhabitents seem fine. The blenny doesnt look sick to me, and when I put food into the tank he seems interested as he kind of perks up out of his hole, he will even mouth the food and then spit it out..

Ive tried using garlic extreme, which didnt work. Ive tried mysis, flake, pellet, forumla 1.. he isnt taking anything

Any advice? I think if he doesnt eat tomorrow or the next day hes a goner

 

[SaltwaterAdict]

Looks like he's full. Maybe ur feeding him too much. If this isn't the case, then he could be getting bothered by another fish n stressed out. U gotta analyze the situation n see what the cause of the problem is. There's something going on if he was eating n then suddenly stopped. How long has this been going on for? If it's a couple of days there's really nothing to worry about. hth. good luck! lmk what happens, midas are some awesome fish. Mine, was skinny when I got him, I mean deathly skinny, n had bacteria spots on him. Fed him very good n he's extremely healthy, nice n plump, n very active! Urs should be fine..

 

[jimrawr]

Well its definitely not that hes full. Every time I am feeding I am watching closely and hes not eating anything. Not sure if at night hes eating pods, but hes not eating the prepared foods, thats for sure.

Nothing in the tank really to stress him out TBH. I only have a B&W clown, firefish, red margin wrasse, and a ignitus anthia. This is in a 92g tank. Havent added anything recently or change anything to stress him out.

I am just confused now

 

[snorvich]

When you say your water test is "fine", would you tell us what those readings are?

 

[jimrawr]

Ammonia: 0
Nitrate:0
Nitrite:0
sg: 1.022
Temp swings from 76.5-80
pH 8.2-8.4

I will also add that I recently (about ten days ago) lost two small Ignitus anthias. One morning when I woke up, one was missing.. the other looked and acted totally healthy. The next day, the other Anthia went missing. I chalked that up to some kind of predator in the tank (crab i am thinking, as the anthias were really small.. about an inch)