Picked up a Juvi Goldflake today

[gobolts23]

I picked this 3" Goldflake up yesterday. He was a little thin and had a nip out of his dorsal fin but he eats flakes and mussels like a champ. He is in my qt with a small chrysurus (separated of course)

 

[RayL]

Love his lips, I have never had a GF before and I am very excited for my new guy to develop that colour

 

[gobolts23]

im hoping to fatten this guy up. have been feeding him fresh mussels in the half shell as well as vitamin enriched spirulina flakes

 

[jaa1456]

I got my little guy to take pellets today. It only ate 3-4 of them, but at least it's taking them.

 

[RayL]

I got my little guy to take pellets today. It only ate 3-4 of them, but at least it's taking them.

Mine refused pellets and mysis so far, ate a little brine. I am going to give him some clam today and see if he takes that

What pellets did you feed?

 

[jaa1456]

I mixed nls, ocean nutrition 1and 2, so I'm not sure which exact ones it ate. I buy three small sizes and mix them in one large container

 

[humaguy]

how is she doing?

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

My LFS has a juvi Goldflake in for about 7 weeks now. Its had popeye and fin rot but it was treated. I might look at it a little more closely soo, but I think I'd rather get a regal or scribbled and I don't think mixing would work out in a 125g.

 

[jaa1456]

how is she doing?

Doing ok at this point, I say ok because it's not putting any weight on. It eats anything and everything I add to the tank now. I feed 3-4 times a day but mostly 3 times. It waits at the top now for food when I approach and is always out and about swimming around. It will stay in the small tank for at least 2 months.

 

[humaguy]

any updates?

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

I ended up getting that juvi goldflake from my LFS. Figured they did all the conditioning and QTing for me, it was alone in its own tank for 4 months with copper and prazipro. How is yours doing?

 

[jaa1456]

any updates?

I didn't update this thread and forgot about it. But I ended up losing the little guy, I'm not sure what exactly happened. I fed the little guy watched him eat some, left the room for 5 minutes and came back in to a dead fish. The Lfs got a few more in this week but I passed.