mark_82 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hi all, Looking for some advice. My Aulonocara Mamelela got beaten up in the display tank. He had some torn fins and a couple of nicks on his body. So I put him in my sump as I didn't have a quarantine/hospital tank and he was recovering and eating a little. I have since setup a quarantine tank with cycled matrix from my display tank but he is no longer eating any food I give him. I have tried Dainichi and Vitalis. Any idea what's wrong with him? Could it be stress? Quarantine tank is bare bottom with a small aqua one hob filter and an air pump with an air stone. Water parameters are: Ammonia:0ppm Nitrite:0ppm Nitrate:5ppm (yellow using API test kit) PH: 8.2 GK:11 KH:10 Temperature: 26deg The parameters are similar to my display tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradc Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Moving him from the sump to the quarantine probably stressed it out again. Give him somewhere to hide in the quarantine and dont run a light etc so he can try and get used to he's new environment. Give it a few days than try some brine or bloodworms to tempt him into eating them try you dried food. Should come good. Fish can go a fair while without eating. So dont stress yo much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_82 Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Thanks Brad. I'll add some PVC pipes to give him somewhere to hide. I'm just a bit concerned as he's been in quarantine for around 10 days and isn't eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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