Help with fish!!

[Jpiotro]

Good evening everyone. i have a longnose hawk fish and i cannot get him to eat he hasn’t eaten in a few days and it’s like he doesn’t care that the food is around him he doesn’t even notice. he’s been sitting in the same spot for awhile now he usually moves around throughout the day and perches. any thoughts on what i can do?

 

[Lavey29]

Good evening everyone. i have a longnose hawk fish and i cannot get him to eat he hasn’t eaten in a few days and it’s like he doesn’t care that the food is around him he doesn’t even notice. he’s been sitting in the same spot for awhile now he usually moves around throughout the day and perches. any thoughts on what i can do?

Ask the LFS where you got him what he was eating there?

 

[Jpiotro]

Ask the LFS where you got him what he was eating there?

i’ve had him for a few months now and he usually goes crazy for the frozen music shrimp but right now nothing.

 

[Lavey29]

i’ve had him for a few months now and he usually goes crazy for the frozen music shrimp but right now nothing.

oh ok, you didn't state that in the post. I will leave it up to one of the fish medics here then. Fish can get constipation to which may prevent them from eating and going number 2. you may want to google that and see if any simple remedies to try.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Good evening everyone. i have a longnose hawk fish and i cannot get him to eat he hasn’t eaten in a few days and it’s like he doesn’t care that the food is around him he doesn’t even notice. he’s been sitting in the same spot for awhile now he usually moves around throughout the day and perches. any thoughts on what i can do?

How was fish acclimated and for how long?
One thing I know, these guys will go after ornamental shrimp. Try grass shrimp or feeder shrimp , even Live brine shrimp which should entice it

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Carnivore, try adjusting the food, buy live and frozen, just mix it up meaning offer variety, only add in small doses/ spot feed.
It might be bored of regular food, maybe to much and it's doing a big pooh?
Indigestion problems

 

[Jpiotro]

good point it could be. what food would you recommend me to try?

 

[Jpiotro]

How was fish acclimated and for how long?
One thing I know, these guys will go after ornamental shrimp. Try grass shrimp or feeder shrimp , even Live brine shrimp which should entice it

i drip acclimated hom for around 30 minutes when i got him a few months ago. i might try some other shrimp

 

[vetteguy53081]

i drip acclimated hom for around 30 minutes when i got him a few months ago. i might try some other shrimp

not enough time and after drip, did you verify the salinity matched that of the tank prior to release ?

 

[Jpiotro]

he’s just chilling here he’s hardly breathing.

 

[Uncle99]

Obviously something up there?
whats chillin mean, looks somewhat dead.
that does not look good at all.

 

[Jpiotro]

yeah i’m not sure exactly what’s going on. he’s just sitting there not moving he’s breathing so he’s alive but he looks bad. 2 weeks ago i lost 2 fish then last week another fish so maybe some disease has entered the tank? but there’s nothing physical on any of the fish thatre doing well

 

[EakTheFreak]

Do you have a quarantine tank setup?

 

[Uncle99]

yeah i’m not sure exactly what’s going on. he’s just sitting there not moving he’s breathing so he’s alive but he looks bad. 2 weeks ago i lost 2 fish then last week another fish so maybe some disease has entered the tank? but there’s nothing physical on any of the fish thatre doing well

Ick can act like that, a fish dies, then sometime after, another, and so on, slowly, over time. It does not have to be seen, however will affect breathing and eating.
So keep a watch is all you can do.

are there other fish?

 

[Jpiotro]

Ick can act like that, a fish dies, then sometime after, another, and so on, slowly, over time. It does not have to be seen, however will affect breathing and eating.
So keep a watch is all you can do.

is there any treatment i can do for the tank? or anything in general i can do?

 

[Jpiotro]

Do you have a quarantine tank setup?

i do not

 

[Uncle99]

is there any treatment i can do for the tank? or anything in general i can do?

Impossible to treat without knowing what the issue is.
You indicate your losing fish, this can be ick.


You can try Ruby Rally, but I stick to copper and hypo, they will work. We don’t know what’s in some in-tank treatments.

If fish keep slowly dying, one by one but not fast, Then I might jump to the conclusion, ick is present.

who’s left?

 

[Jpiotro]

Impossible to treat without knowing what the issue is.
You indicate your losing fish, this can be ick.


You can try Ruby Rally, but I stick to copper and hypo, they will work. We don’t know what’s in some in-tank treatments.

If fish keep slowly dying, one by one but not fast, Then I might jump to the conclusion, ick is present.

who’s left?

okay. when you say copper do you mean copper power? and the fish that are left are 2 clowns a flame hawk and a fire fish

 

[Jpiotro]

okay. when you say copper do you mean copper power? and the fish that are left are 2 clowns a flame hawk and a fire fish

to start i had 2 clowns, a flame hawk the long nose hawk, a royal flasher wrasse (for ab a week and then he died) a diamond goby and a yellow watchman goby.

 

[Jpiotro]

to start i had 2 clowns, a flame hawk the long nose hawk, a royal flasher wrasse (for ab a week and then he died) a diamond goby and a yellow watchman goby.

it is a 32 gallon fluval tank