coral beauty not eating...

[rgentry123]

my coral beauty doesnt seem to be eating anymore aT feedings, i've been noticing this now for about 3 days, any thoughts on how i might entice her eat regularly again? i normally feed on a rotation of mysis, plankton, and marine cuisine. all frozen foods.

[steve70]

You could try garlic gaurd. it has worked for me in the past.
That may encourage it to eat and build up immunity. sounds like it could be sick.

[rgentry123]

other than not eating though it looks completely fine. any idea at all what it could be? also, can you pick up garlic guard at most lfs or do you have to order it online? i dont ever remember seeing it before....if online where should i get some?

[Bax]

How long have you had the CB?

[rgentry123]

had it roughly about 6 months with no problems whatsoever. in fact she seemed to be the healthiest fish i had.

[steve70]

you can pick it up at most lfs's, or order online for example drfosters, marine depot

marine depot

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~category~Seachem_Garlic_Guard_250_mL_Saltwater_Aquarium_Supplies_Additives_Garlic~vendor ~Seachem~SearchStr~garlic+guard~action~view~idProduct~SC4811~idCategory~FIADAG.html

doctor fosters

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=12022

[danfrith]

Might be an internal parasite. Does have white fecal matter?

[rgentry123]

havent seen it go in a couple days. funny thing is, only thing i have actually seen it readily eat is other fish's poop. cant imagine that is good for her but who knows.

[Bax]

Do you ofer a variety of seaweed on a clip? I offer green, red and brown SeaWeed Select on a clip once a week. My CB tears it up!

[rgentry123]

normally i wil buy just one package (either green or red) and feed them that until its alll gone and then switch. i do feed them algae on a daily basis though.

[Bax]

Does the CB eat the algae?

[JEFFR259]

I had a thread here a few weeks back about my new CB not eating. After persistent attempts to get it to eat anything frozen and algae, I finally got the CB to eat spectrum marine pellets (the tiny 1-2mm sinking pellets). The fish goes nuts for them, and I soak them in Garlic. It's interest is peaked with Mysis and Brine, but will not try it.

Give the Spectrum a try....wish you luck!

[steve70]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13207217#post13207217 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JEFFR259
IThe fish goes nuts for them, and I soak them in Garlic.



There you go. try the garlic. thats how i usually get a finiky eater to eat.