Anthias - laying on sanded - not swimming

evergreek · Oct 22, 2020

Hello,

I received an Anthias from live aquaria a week or so ago.. he is not swimming/eating much and just lays on the sand bed.. any ideas? See video.

JGT · Oct 22, 2020

evergreek said:
Hello,

I received an Anthias from live aquaria a week or so ago.. he is not swimming/eating much and just lays on the sand bed.. any ideas? See video.

Not looking good. Have you tried to feed live food? Params and all other fish OK?

evergreek · Oct 22, 2020

JGT said:
Not looking good. Have you tried to feed live food? Params and all other fish OK?

I just got some copepods today that I plan on putting on later tonight.

I have tried the Hikari pellets + PE Mysis - nothing

parameters are all in check and my other fish seem happy.

JGT · Oct 22, 2020

evergreek said:
I just got some copepods today that I plan on putting on later tonight.

I have tried the Hikari pellets + PE Mysis - nothing

parameters are all in check and my other fish seem happy.

Give the copepods a shot. Try to target feed them in front of the Anthias so the other fish don’t glom them all. Maybe the live foods will get him jazzed.