Metroplex

[haigyfish]

Hey yall wondering if I should treat my tank for 7 days with seachem metroplex One of my fish I dont Think has been eating. Any thoughts on this treatment

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

not eating sounds more like flukes. Prazipro is what i use for flukes. Do you see a string of white poop?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey yall wondering if I should treat my tank for 7 days with seachem metroplex One of my fish I dont Think has been eating. Any thoughts on this treatment

Not sure why metroplex. Not eating can be an array of issues such as Parasite, flukes, water condition, poor acclimation and so forth.
What visible behaviors and signs are you seeing such as heavy breathing, scratching, yawning, flashing through water, etc ?
Any pics you can provide under white lights ?

 

[haigyfish]

Not sure why metroplex. Not eating can be an array of issues such as Parasite, flukes, water condition, poor acclimation and so forth.
What visible behaviors and signs are you seeing such as heavy breathing, scratching, yawning, flashing through water, etc ?
Any pics you can provide under white lights ?

I will upload a picture as soon as I can. I do not see any flukes on him though he does swim around at night back and forth. For the most part during the day he’s in various crevices . I have had the clown goby for 11 days now and still have not seen him eat in front of my eyes. No scratching or heavy breathing.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I will upload a picture as soon as I can. I do not see any flukes on him though he does swim around at night back and forth. For the most part during the day he’s in various crevices . I have had the clown goby for 11 days now and still have not seen him eat in front of my eyes. No scratching or heavy breathing.

Could these fish be shy why you dont see them eat?
A way to find out is to feed food such as Brine shrimp (neither are fond of flake and pellet) and set your phone on video mode and walk away - MUST walk away.
Come back in a half hour and review video and you will know if theyre truly not eating or eating when you are not present

 

[haigyfish]

Could these fish be shy why you dont see them eat?
A way to find out is to feed food such as Brine shrimp (neither are fond of flake and pellet) and set your phone on video mode and walk away - MUST walk away.
Come back in a half hour and review video and you will know if theyre truly not eating or eating when you are not present

I have tried feeding where I leave my phone but after 3-5 minutes I see no response. I am going to clear more storage and see if I can get a 20 min shot of the tank eating. I will also turn the power head off so it should help. I do use brine and mysis. Half cube brine morning
Half cube mysis afternoon

 

[haigyfish]

Could these fish be shy why you dont see them eat?
A way to find out is to feed food such as Brine shrimp (neither are fond of flake and pellet) and set your phone on video mode and walk away - MUST walk away.
Come back in a half hour and review video and you will know if theyre truly not eating or eating when you are not present

I was just walking near the tank and I saw him nip at and eat a big piece of mysis shrimp looks like he could be eating secrelty? Should I worry about target feeding since he’s been in my tank 2 weeks obviously he’s getting food somehow?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I was just walking near the tank and I saw him nip at and eat a big piece of mysis shrimp looks like he could be eating secrelty? Should I worry about target feeding since he’s been in my tank 2 weeks obviously he’s getting food somehow?

allow it to eat and build confidence in feeding. Walking away does help

 

[Lavey29]

Find out what he was eating at the LFS store who sold it.

 

[nereefpat]

Metro in the display? I wouldn't do that unless it's a fish only tank.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I will upload a picture as soon as I can. I do not see any flukes on him though he does swim around at night back and forth. For the most part during the day he’s in various crevices . I have had the clown goby for 11 days now and still have not seen him eat in front of my eyes. No scratching or heavy breathing.

Flukes won't cause a fish to stop eating until they are close to death.

Clown gobies are a big issue. Has this fish eaten for anyone yet? You should try live baby brine shrimp ASAP.

Here is the issue; this species lives in between coral branches. They are common, but very difficult to collect with nets. They are also low value (exporters sell them for around .75 cents, so the people catching them get maybe a quarter). The result is most are caught with sodium cyanide. This drives the fish out of the coral and knock s them out to make them easy to catch. Some of these fish die right away, but others die days and weeks later. One of the common symptoms is not feeding, or feeding but losing weight.

Jay