scooter31707
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Also try some fresh clams from your supermarket.
Rainfordi
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Oyster has been ignored.
I have ordered brine shrimp eggs.
Are they really this hard to get eating?
Feels harder than meyeri and larvatus which will often at least eat clams.
Did bluezoo feed them something that is so delicious that they would rather starve for?
They arrived plump so they are still not skinny.
Should I tube feed?
I have ordered brine shrimp eggs.
Are they really this hard to get eating?
Feels harder than meyeri and larvatus which will often at least eat clams.
Did bluezoo feed them something that is so delicious that they would rather starve for?
They arrived plump so they are still not skinny.
Should I tube feed?
Marshall O
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Do you have plenty of pods in the tank they are in? They should be picking at those all day.
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Try the clam or oyster still alive. My rainfordi was difficult to get eating at first. They are not an easy fish.
Do you have any LRS frozen food? Try slightly thawing that out and then packing it in an empty clamshell. Then refreeze it and feed that to them.
I'm not concerned about the absence of pods, I quarantined a multibar and venustus Angels in barren quarantine tanks with no issues.
They key on the clams and oyster is that they are still alive/not been frozen.
Still not eating.
The small one tried to clean the large one and then gets chased.
They signal to each other and occasionally chase. It seems like the small one taunts the big one and the other small one.
I am awaiting brine shrimp eggs.
Also, their fins became cloudy, so I dosed kanamycin and did a 90% water change. Another water change will be performed later today.
The small one tried to clean the large one and then gets chased.
They signal to each other and occasionally chase. It seems like the small one taunts the big one and the other small one.
I am awaiting brine shrimp eggs.
Also, their fins became cloudy, so I dosed kanamycin and did a 90% water change. Another water change will be performed later today.
Juvenile butterflys often act as cleaners, both to other fish and to larger butterflys. Have watched this behaviour when they come in fresh from the importer / collector at the LFS.
Do they have parasites? Just that if they do, it can affect their appetite. Rainfords are usually not hard to get feeding, at least locally.
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Do they have parasites? Just that if they do, it can affect their appetite. Rainfords are usually not hard to get feeding, at least locally.
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Pacific oyster, live blackworms, finely shredded inner squid membrane.
If they're healthy you just need one to get really interested, then like similar fish it's monkey see monkey do. I'm wondering if yours haven't really recovered from shipping stress??? Maybe that has something to do with it.
HTH and GL
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If they're healthy you just need one to get really interested, then like similar fish it's monkey see monkey do. I'm wondering if yours haven't really recovered from shipping stress??? Maybe that has something to do with it.
HTH and GL
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Hello, I did not buy the other Rainfordi.
Do you have a skimmer on this tank? One of the best purchases I made for my QT was a little reef octopus skimmer. I didn't have any proof of it, but it seemed like the fish just did better with the skimmer on. I'm guessing higher DO.
It might make sense to separate these guys at this point. I've seen where fish will be so interested in chasing or scrapping with each other that they won't pay attention to food.
Clams and oyster will for sure cloud up the water. I'm not a huge fan of kanamyacin, I think that's what killed my Arabian that I worked so hard on.
If it was me, I'd stick with the clams or oyster. Feed it, and back away from the tank and see if they pick at it. I'd leave it in there for no more than 4 hours, especially without a skimmer.
Hope they eat soon.
Had an ammonia spike in quarantine and 1 rainfordi died.
Changed 100% water. still not eating but very minimal weight loss.
I ordered a skimmer for the quarantine.
I also dropped brine shrimp eggs in the tank. Hopefully they will eat them when they hatch.
Bluezoo insist that they must be enticed to eat with live food first before they will eat.
Changed 100% water. still not eating but very minimal weight loss.
I ordered a skimmer for the quarantine.
I also dropped brine shrimp eggs in the tank. Hopefully they will eat them when they hatch.
Bluezoo insist that they must be enticed to eat with live food first before they will eat.
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