HELP !! New Citrinis Goby not eating
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Topic: HELP !! New Citrinis Goby not eating
Posted By: MrNewbie
Subject: HELP !! New Citrinis Goby not eating
Date Posted: November 12 2006 at 11:30am
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I just bought a citrinis goby yesterday, and it is not eating. The lighting was not the greatest in the store tank and we didn't notice he looked kinda skinny. Is this a hard fish to keep or is he just being difficult. I don't want to lose this adorable fish.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 12 2006 at 1:31pm
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I have a couple of these and I could only get them to eat live brineshrimp at first. They were so shy I had to spot feed them too. After a while, I worked them up to frozen brineshrimp and now they eat everything. If you don't have live food, I would try frozen brineshrimp. But you might want to try turning off the pumps for a couple minutes so it can catch the food. They don't venture very far out from their hiding places.
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 12 2006 at 2:45pm
Feed it Acropora. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: kgwilliams
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 9:27pm
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If I were you, I would soak some frozen brine in some garlic. It should catch his attention and maybe make him want to eat some. ------------- 75gal reef /sump/ref 150MH 2 96w CF Perhaps I would be better at basket weaving. . . at least it would be cheaper! |
Posted By: aaaj
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 10:26pm
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Robert you can go to fish4u and get live brine shrimp if you don't want to hatch it yourself. ------------- Amber 29 gallon reef pictures of some of my frags at frags.org |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 10:33pm
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Krista makes a good point. Garlic oil is a natural fish attractant and we also use it to prevent the ich parasite in our fish. The Ich parasite occurs in almost all tank water and can become a problem when fish are stressed.
One drop of processed Garlic oil per cube of frozen meaty food. (If you are not using a full cube, there are ways to get less than a drop of oil.) Do not add water. Stir it and let it soak into the meaty food for 10 minutes after thawing, before feeding. Feed this once each day for 5 days for a new fish and once every 2-3 weeks thereafter as a preventive.
The least expensive Garlic Oil is at the health food store. Buy it in a dropper bottle or as gel caps. Yes, it will smell. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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