Bangaii cardinal stopped eating in QT

[dixiedog]

I picked this fish up a couple weeks ago. Put him in QT w/cupramine. He was eating mysis like a piranha at first, and to a lesser extent reef caviar also. Now his two week copper treatment is done but he's gradually stopped eating. When I put mysis in the tank he'll suck-and-spit it once, then ignore it altogether. I tried live blackworms yesterday; he wasn't interested at all.

Any thoughts? I don't want to introduce him to the display now, not until I see him eating again.

Could it be the cupramine? Are cardinals copper-intolerant?

 

[dixiedog]

"Iridovirus"?

I hate to say it but the symptoms match perfectly.


http://blog.aquanerd.com/2011/11/wi...mpaign=wild-caught-bangaii-cardinalfish-virus

 

[Wolverine]

One more reason not to buy wild-caught BC. They're so easy to raise (even accidentally) that I can guarantee there's someone in your area raising them. Tank-raised are much, much hardier.

As for the copper, I personally don't like to treat with it unless I see actual disease. When I QT, I observe and get them used to the feeding schedule, but I don't treat them unless I see something to treat.

 

[JamesJR]

I had a WC Banggaii that did well for me. I quarantined it but only treated it with praziquantel. It never ate anything other than mysis.

 

[Nyc Joe]

Maybe try garlic juice with the mysis.
Hopefully itll entice them.

But it looks like the indovirus.
Google it many articles.
Sorry bud.

 

[Nyc Joe]

Maybe try garlic juice with the mysis.
Hopefully itll entice them.

But it looks like the indovirus.
Google it many articles.