Help! Snowcasso female refuses to eat.

ChipE

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I have a snowcasso pair that has been doing just fine for months. Eating everything.
I switched my clownfish into a different tank on Friday. Its a nuvo 30.
They are the only fish I own. They were alone in their last tank and alone in this tank.
The tank is fully cycled with perfect parameters.

The male is doing just fine.

Ever since switching to the nuvo 30, the female has not eaten a single thing. I would assume its stress from the move, but I would see that lasting 1-3 days max. She has the same flowerpot she loves and is always in it. She acts normal, but doesnt even go for food at all, just lets it pass by. Only different is there is now sand in the tank.

She seems to yawn (take a deep breath) every so often. Her stomach looks full which is weird because she hasnt eaten anything (she definitely doesnt eat pods). No heavy breathing or any physical issues at all. Acts a little lethargic, but sort of normal. She also really likes to kick up sand with her tail now that there is sand in the tank. She kicks it up every 30min or so. Not much sand, just a little around her flowerpot.

She hasnt eaten a thing in five days. I am very worried as I do not want to lose her and cannot afford to replace her. I have tried 8 different foods with no luck. Even cyclopeeze didnt work, which she always loved. Garlic, selcon, etc no luck.

Any ideas?
I only want to treat her if it is DEFINITELY something treatable and I know what it is. I am not a fan of blindly treating fish as I might just cause more stress with yet another tank move.
 
keep an eye on her she maybe impacted....feed her brine shrimp if ya can or something with greens (rods food). i had a scare a couple months back same issue and then shes all good. Just dont start stressing her out...i had a nano so i raised the temps slightly and did a few water changes just to make sure everything was ok.
 
I just tried brine shrimp, no luck. It was the first time I tried live brine though. Even the male didnt try it.

Tried rods before twice. No luck.
 
Ate a tiny tiny bit today...Just cyclopeeze and some greens...
There are a bunch of microbubbles in the tank from a new skimmer. Could she be swallowing air?
Her stomach is still large with eating barely anything.
 
did you try fish eggs from asian store, feed my snowcasso when I first received them, they love fish eggs.
 
Raised temp to 84-85 slowly n drop selinity to 1.16 her metabolism will shot up and eat like pigs just to be on the safe side treat her with some pratzi pro incase she has parasites
 
My pair of onyx only ate little I wanted to get the female fat n heathy I did that n her appetite opened up she looks like a goldfish now lol!!! Good luck man
 
I don't blindly treat fish with medicine or change parameters without knowing what is wrong with a fish.

She is back to eating like normal now and is no longer bloated. Her stomach is normal sized and she is pooping normally. She started eating normally 4 days ago.

I guess the stress from a tank move caused her to be constipated or something. 5 days without eating, then all of a sudden eating like a beast. Her evening snack she ate 30+ spectrum pellets (average amount, until she can fit no more). She ate 0 the first 5 days. I know they usually don't eat for 1-2 days after a move, but I never had 5+ before.
 
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glad to hear she's doing great!! good luck!! and fish eggs (massago i think its called) really works for loss of appetite! they can't resist fish eggs!!! but maybe she just couldn't poop!! lol
 
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