I have four fish in my 15 gal QT now, 2 damsels and two filefish. I am treating the QT with Hyposalinity for Ich. Salinity has been very low for 2 weeks now - SG=1.009. I know this stresses them out. However, everyone is behaving normally and eating voraciously - except the 4" red-tail filefish....
In the beginning it did eat some of the foods I offered. Then started eating nothing but live brine shrimp. Now, it hasn't eaten anything for a week. It has no other symptoms, Ich is not visible anymore. It is behaving normally, swimming very calmly etc., but does not eat!!
There is no aggression in tank, water parameters are excellent. Temp - 83 F (I have been raising it slowly to speed up the life cycle of Ich).
I know that I will most likely lose this fish - but I want to know the reason! The fish doesn't appear sick in any possible way - and everyone else is doing excellent! What can it be?
In the beginning it did eat some of the foods I offered. Then started eating nothing but live brine shrimp. Now, it hasn't eaten anything for a week. It has no other symptoms, Ich is not visible anymore. It is behaving normally, swimming very calmly etc., but does not eat!!
There is no aggression in tank, water parameters are excellent. Temp - 83 F (I have been raising it slowly to speed up the life cycle of Ich).
I know that I will most likely lose this fish - but I want to know the reason! The fish doesn't appear sick in any possible way - and everyone else is doing excellent! What can it be?