slappers Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 well it looks like he is losing weight got some nori but hes not eating that any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinity Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hey Slappers I sometimes drop a spirulina Algae tablet in the tank (usually broken into quarters) both the lawnmover and cleaner shrimp seem to eat them ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted April 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 cheers i will go to my LFS and get some tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinity Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hey slappers Watch out as the fish may eat them aswell, I tend to feed them while the other fish are eating and sometimes at night while the fish are sleeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ira Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I tried a plecochip in my tank. Fish didn't eat it... Now the bristleworms, they came out into the light and swarmed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Mine eats everything I put in the tank, loves the spirulina Algae tablet catches it on the way down, he is so fat I think he might pop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquatopia Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 how about asking your LFS for an algae covered rock from their tanks on loan if you are prepared to risk it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 how about asking your LFS for an algae covered rock from their tanks on loan if you are prepared to risk it. Did that he didn't touch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Okay, someones gotta ask - wots a plecochip? Google comes back in spanish and german.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I'm with Pomereef on that, it took around 2 years before mine figured out how to eat fish food, and during that time I had to collect rocks for him from the beach that had algae. He used to get super skinny it was terrible, but when I put the rocks in he would chow down & get really fat. Pretty certain if I had not done that he would have died, came pretty close a few times. These days he is like your one Fay just settles for the fish food - easier :lol: , given up eating cruddy old algae now! :lol: , and he's always looking pretty fat also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Okay, someones gotta ask - wots a plecochip? Google comes back in spanish and german.... freeze-dried pleco nah, its spirulina biscuits with fish meal etc in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 i haven't fed my CBB since i've had him (4 weeks now?) plenty of green algae in the fuge for him to eat. i'd try what pomereef says, "naturally grown algae" is what they eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregb Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Try him with silver sides, mine loves them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 If my one dose not start mowing soon i will threaten it with replacement. Its eats my fish food and not the alge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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