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Old 01-08-2008, 11:50 AM   #1 (permalink)
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my emperor started to hide yesterday and when i feed him today he doesnt want to eat anything i can do? i have him for around a month


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Old 01-08-2008, 11:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
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are you feeding him food with garlic if not try it.they love it. and its good to mix a variety of different foods with fish change their diets so they dont get tired of eating the same thing.like pizza everyday sucks.lol
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Old 01-08-2008, 12:12 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Try live brine shrimp to entice it to eat!
Is there something that is scarring it and stressing it out?
Is it sick?
How is is breathing pattern?


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he is breathing fine no obvious sign of of sickness, h come out once in a while and then go back in, feed him raw shrimp but no interest so dont know what is wrong
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You might want to check your water parameters, ammonia, nitrites, etc..We had a problem with one of our quarantine tanks, and sure enough ammonia was detected. We did a major water change and the fish in question was eating the next day...


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Like bax said, check parameters.. Might of gotten spooked somehow....
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Old 01-09-2008, 10:24 AM   #7 (permalink)
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nitrate sit at 20, ph normal, nitrite none, amonia none. so what else should i check, however, i might think that he doesnt like the light that i have on, since i had new bulbs in there around a week ago hope he is ok.
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