Potters still not eating

Newtron · Jul 25, 2017

Could try Masstick fish food. And put it in the pvc pipe

Cflip · Jul 26, 2017

Newtron said:
Could try Masstick fish food. And put it in the pvc pipe

Looks like a good idea. Thanks I'll give it a try.

RichCalvo · Aug 7, 2017

How did it go with the Potters? I am having the same problem with a Potters in QT.

Cflip · Aug 7, 2017

RichCalvo said:
How did it go with the Potters? I am having the same problem with a Potters in QT.

I found a place that has live black worms. He is eating that. Hasn't eaten anything else so far. I actually got to see him up close for a few minutes today ! I don't want to feed black worms in my DT. Hopefully he will eat from the rocks in there.

KirstenB · Sep 16, 2017

How is your angel? Just noticed my 5 days home potter isnt eating frozen... both cuisine and mysis. Trying algae with garlic sheets tonight. I def dont want it to start eating my corals. Im hoping it will eat frozen food soon so I dont have to feed 3 diff foods in this tank!

lagatbezan · Sep 18, 2017

Some fish just go on a hunger strike but I have noticed that live black worms are usually great at getting them to start eating again. I have had fish in qt that didn't eat for over 3 weeks regardless of what I fed but as soon as I fed blackworms they would start to go crazy chasing them and eating them. give it a shot and hopefully he would start eating and then mix the frozen in slowly with the worms during the feedings.

Cflip · Sep 25, 2017

Very sad day. Potters went through all the difficulty in QT. Started eating like champ after starting with live blackworms. Was in DT for a month no aggression from tank makes and one day he just disappeared. No sign of him.

lagatbezan · Sep 25, 2017

oh no, sorry to hear! hopefully is just hiding.
I had the same thing happen to me with a flame. went through a full qt and was fat and health in the tank for over 6 months with no issues at all and one morning I found it dead stuck to the overflow strainer. the only thing I can think of is that night the kids were away so all the house lights were off where usually the hallway light is on providing a little glow of light for the tank. I think it might have gotten spooked and bumped into a rock or something in the pitch darkness maybe. I have since put in a couple of blue led lights that provide a little glow at night to serve as moon light.

Cflip · Sep 25, 2017

lagatbezan said:
oh no, sorry to hear! hopefully is just hiding.
I had the same thing happen to me with a flame. went through a full qt and was fat and health in the tank for over 6 months with no issues at all and one morning I found it dead stuck to the overflow strainer. the only thing I can think of is that night the kids were away so all the house lights were off where usually the hallway light is on providing a little glow of light for the tank. I think it might have gotten spooked and bumped into a rock or something in the pitch darkness maybe. I have since put in a couple of blue led lights that provide a little glow at night to serve as moon light.

I'm still hoping he's hiding but I doubt it. At least you found the body! I just cleaned and put my QT in storage too. I thought I was done.