Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

Bangaii is still not eating
Today I tried some garlic soaked ( Brightwell garlic power ) mysis, bloodworms and fortified brine shrimp
The PJs and the clown loved all of it
I went to J&L and most, but not all, of their's are eating
If this dude doesn't eat tomorrow morning, I'll have to take him back and get one of the ones that are

I don't want to stress him out with another move, but Jeff has told me to bring him back
Poor little dude

[Nano]

damn that suck man. Hopefully you get better luck this time

[Enigma]

Did you ask Jeff exactly what the Bangaii was being fed at the shop? I find that feeding the exact same thing, at the exact same time as what the store did, and in the same manner, can really help to get fussy eaters eating.

[gregzz4]

I've been feeding the same mysis, bloodworms, vitamins and garlic that they use
I watched them feed it last night and a few of their bangaii didn't eat it, but the rest pigged it all down
Today my PJs and clown ate it all again, but the bangaii ignored all of it
I hate to do it, but he's goin' back today

[Nano]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I've been feeding the same mysis, bloodworms, vitamins and garlic that they use
I watched them feed it last night and a few of their bangaii didn't eat it, but the rest pigged it all down
Today my PJs and clown ate it all again, but the bangaii ignored all of it
I hate to do it, but he's goin' back today

any chance he's getting bullied or being stressed by anything?

[gregzz4]

No stress from the other fish that I can see. He's the biggest of the bunch and the others take no food that is near him, but after it passes by him, they will jump on it

He's acting just as the others at the store I observed last night that weren't eating;
Swims to the food, turns away from it and hovers

I've done a whole lot of reading on Bangaii not eating. What I've read has not left me with any confidence that he will turn around anytime soon
He has no belly to speak of so, in a nutshell, tonight will be 4 days and back he goes

[gregzz4]

It's all good now
The new bangaii ate before I took him/her home and just now ate with everyone else
It's also roaming around quite a bit more than the other poor dude

I feel bad that I couldn't help the first one, but sometimes it's a matter of cost over preservation

[gregzz4]

Too funny
One of the PJs was chasing the other, but now, with the new Bangaii chasing him away from his fave spot, the PJs have become friends again
The clown isn't bothered by anyone, even though he's not even half their size

I have a QO1200 running the UV and the clown owns the whole thing ...
Pump, hose, pad, it's all his
Too funny, it's like he's hosting it
He's gonna be disappointed in the DT without a pump to own

The PJs are picking pods off the glass, even after eating, so all is lookin' good

Happy little QT right now

Can't wait to add them to the DT and get some more dudes in the QT

New Bangaii, looks the same as the original, except it has a full belly and a longer second dorsal ( clown looks huge in the pic, but he's only about 3/4" )



Algae is an issue in the DT as the new LR I added still had some NO3 and PO4 leaching. I expected this and will just have to wait it out
Currently the algae is coated in diatoms so it's not too terribly nice to look at
I've been siphoning out what I can and filtering the water through a seachem 'THE BAG' and pouring the water back into the sump socks. Can't be any worse than not removing it at all

Skimmer has been working overtime so I can't complain

[gregzz4]

Also, I dropped my tank temp to 79 from 80
I'll watch how well the chiller keeps up and make a decision

[Nano]

Yep he looks nice and fat