Dark Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 I recently got a pair of hornets and one of them beat the other up in transit. The beaten one, the female, lost a fair few scales and developed a fungal infection which is healing rather nicely now and she is getting her colour back, but I can't get her to eat anything and she is starting to look quite thin. She won't take flake or bloodworm, or bits of meat; raw, cooked or rancid. Any suggestions on what I can put in front of her that she is likely to want to eat more than other food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Something live, or chocolate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Maybe some lettuce might do the trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Are you sure shes not holding?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Are you sure shes not holding?? hmm... i didn't think of that... actually i wouldn't have thought of that! are there any other ways to tell if she is holding aside from looking thin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Maybe some lettuce might do the trick? they eat lettuce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 as a variety food yeah they may, they would eat spiralina food so mayb, just a random outburst really. :lol: if she has been getting better gradually for a little while it's probably quite likely that she is holding and not eating bcause of that. have you been able to c any eggs or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanksman Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Yeah - Just do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Yea come on Dark just do it :bounce: :bounce: , could be the answer to your question. Let us know how ya go. Cheers Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 well, not having a clue what i was doing i picked her up out of the water and gently persuaded her to open her mouth - i saw a tongue and thats about it... she is getting used to me picking her up because i'm tending her wound a couple of times a day, so i'm not worried about picking her up often what is it that i am looking for? i imagined i'd fine some kind of jelly of eggs on the inside of her cheeks... Progress report: she is swimming around more now and has her colour back - there is still a huge red patch on her side which i'm treating three times a day with Chris Brand Miracle Fluid (home-made MelaFix). water changes once a day of about 20%, with a light dosing (about 1/4 recommended) of methylene blue to help keep the fungal levels in the water down and a heavy dose of aquaplus in an attempt to help calm her. unfortunately she is still not eating and i really hope that will not be her downfall. i don't suppose you can force liquid food down their throats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Sorry to hear that she wasn't holding onto any eggs or fry , but it was at least worth the effort I think, do hope she recovers soon. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Well the last day or so was interesting! I went in yesterday morning to check on all the fish, and she was trying to leap out of the tank! She punctuated this behaviour with lying-on-her-side-at-the-bottom-gasping and swimming-erratically. I don't know what exactly her problem was but i think there might have been a Nitrogen spike in the quarantine tank, and i was unable to test for it because of the methylene blue in the water - damn those colour-change based tests! I took her out and thought 'nothing can be bad compared to what i got her out of' and threw her in my community tank where the water is well looked after. She flipped around for a bit and gasped a lot, but after about 10 minutes she was sitting upright and 'jumping' from one resting place to another. Today she is swimming mid-water with all her fins fully extended and hunting around in the substrate - I am assuming for food! Hurrah! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Yippeee, you saved her Dark :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: , well done , yes those test can be abit of a problem a? What do you think caused the spike, if that's what it was? Good Luck, hope you don't have anymore problems with her. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted January 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 the water was a bit N-high when i put it into the holding tank but she was happy in the tank i took the water from so i saw no harm - i had been doing water changes and vacuming out the food every day so i was surprised when she started trying to get out... the water came from my 600l convict tank - i think that there is a LOT of crap floating around in that water - fungus and bacteria and the like - so i rekon the methylene blue and melaleuca killed off all those organisms and their decaying remains caused a breakdown in water quality. i don't know how likely that sort of thing is, but it is the only thing i can think of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Good to hear that she's ok and recovering well Dark! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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