reefdude3749
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Folks...I got a CHT from Divers Den about a month ago....first two weeks he ate very good amounts of PE Mysis and Silversides and swimming the length of the tank repeatedly...then, about week three he dropped off eating much of anything, maybe a few PE Mysis and then stopped eating alltogether. I have been able to get him to eat fresh raw shrimp (cut up and without shell) ONLY that I nearly hand feed to him. He also hides most of the time in my rock work (always in the same spot) until he sees me, then he come out looking for food I think. Also, he spits out a lot of the food I feed him. He sucks it in, and sometimes just spits it out a bit more tatered then when it went in. One last observation...he appears to have some brown on his lower jaw on the teeth (almost like he needs flossing).
It does not appear that any of the other fish are bothering him, and I have no other fish issues. My tank is about a year old, about 600 gallons, running a calcium reactor, two skimmers, fuge with macro, Apex control, with following very stable parameters:
Temp = 78F; Alk ~9.9 dKH; Ca ~440 ppm; Mg ~1,300 ppm; NO3 ~5 ppm;
pH 7.95 to 8.1 (I know this is a bit low of a range, but it seems to work fr my tank)
Any recommendations on ways to get him to eat better or ideas of what might be going on here? Thanks in advance, JPB
It does not appear that any of the other fish are bothering him, and I have no other fish issues. My tank is about a year old, about 600 gallons, running a calcium reactor, two skimmers, fuge with macro, Apex control, with following very stable parameters:
Temp = 78F; Alk ~9.9 dKH; Ca ~440 ppm; Mg ~1,300 ppm; NO3 ~5 ppm;
pH 7.95 to 8.1 (I know this is a bit low of a range, but it seems to work fr my tank)
Any recommendations on ways to get him to eat better or ideas of what might be going on here? Thanks in advance, JPB
