ben19185074 Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Hello~~ My new Lemonpeel i brought yesterday is not eating. I have try Marine Granules, Marine flakes, and frozen myist shrimps. Also my existing purple fire fish has hide for more then 24hours after the new fish has been added.... What should i do other then wait...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Its normal for a new fish not to eat for a few days and hide. try feeding it salifert fish food, as that is what they have been eating, also try chopped up mussels and nori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Ben. hey, that fish only came in early this week he was eating in store i think he just needs some time to settle in. Same for the F.Fish there are some new bosses in there so give them both a chance. Ben P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben19185074 Posted December 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 thanks~~ will try some nori now~~and get some salifert fish food tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Ben - Its normal for a fish to not eat on introduction. You sound like you have lots of food, I wouldn't rush out and buy any more or add any more to the tank. When a human is sick, stressed or unhappy its common for them to loose weight, the last thing you want is to be force fed a tonne of food, not unreasonable to think the same of your fish. And like humans, they can go for weeks without food so don't worry. I would just continue to feed as normal, the addition of extra food will not help your tank. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 And like humans, they can go for weeks without food so don't worry. I know I couldn't go weeks without food. And i'm sure the bottom would fall out of the Wellington pie market if you stopped eating for weeks Pies! Fish usually do this sort of thing, once they settle in, you'll be trying to stop them from eating you when your hands are in the tank. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 I'm sure you could go weeks without eating without a problem. Of course, you wouldn't be anywhere near happy about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben19185074 Posted December 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 been nearly a week now....lemonpeel is still not eating....he touch a litte bit of nori before but not eating much now...getting thiner too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Ben, Can you bring him back tomorrow. I will put him in the cascadefor a while and we'll sort it out later. Print a copy of this post and give it to Andrew, he will be there as its now my weekend, tell him to put it in the end cascade. Plz do this tommorrow as its getting a bit urgent. Cheers Ben P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben19185074 Posted January 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Ben P: I will try my best to catch him and bring him back tomorrow.... Can anyone suggest how to catch a 2inch fish out of a Reef and it is not eating?? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben19185074 Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 I have taken the fish back after spending an hour catching him pulling my reef apart... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Good move ben, I lost my lemonpeel last week due to exactly the same thing. He wouldnt eat. Was getting harrassed by othe fish too. Couldnt get him out. She now down toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben19185074 Posted January 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 Yea....when choosing a lemonpeel you really have to pick one that is not as shy. My one was a really shy one but he was the one with the best colour so i still choose him. Don't know how he is going now, last time i went to the shop it wasn't there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I have heard of difficulties with lemons lately, A BAD BATCH PERHAPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I have heard of difficulties with lemons lately, A BAD BATCH PERHAPS! How do you get a bad batch of lemon peels???? Like all livestock it is not 100% that they will live in a aquarium. It hard to workout sometimes why they dont make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted January 12, 2005 Report Share Posted January 12, 2005 I was talking to someone, Im not too sure who now. They had heard that the souce destination may be having a weak family line in them or something like that. Dunno but he heard that a few people in the States have been writing in saying how difficult they were to keep. May have been on a USA website somewhere. No one apparently knows why they have become harder to keep. Just info given to me. I dont know its integrity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben19185074 Posted January 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 My lemonpeel got eaten by a star fish...but got given another one from Ben. Very good service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 yeah i was gutted theL/peel was eating well and nice and fat i was going to ring when got to work and no lemon but a fat arse stafish :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Had this one for 1 and 1/2 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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