I have a Yellowfin flasher erase in Qt. Saturday I was home late after a long day, and didn't defrost the fish food as normal. I broke off some LRS, smushed it my fingers and crumbled it into the hob filter flow. Wrasse started eating as normal, went to wash my hands and when I came back he was freaking out. Piping at the waterline, jumped several times and smacked into the glass. He then hid the rest of the night and looked like crap, stress coloration, heavy breathing.
Sunday he was still hiding, color looked better. I offered a few pellets during the day, (I have an auto feeder in the display that offers pellets though the day, and I feed frozen in the evening, so I try to make QT routine similar) he ate a few then went back to lurking around the fake plant.
Later offered some LRS, he would not take it and went and hid in a piece of pvc.
Monday, out swimming and acting pretty normal, took some pellets again. Offered LRS he went for it, acted lile he was going to take some then darted back to his hideout and watched the food float around. I thought this is weird, he's hiding every time I add LRS. So decided to try some hikari mysis, he came out and started gobbling that up.
Lights come on in a bit and I am going to try and video feeding and see if he repeats this behaviour. I'm wondering if he got a frozen piece and was struggling with it and that led to the freak out, and now associates the LRS as bad?
Does this sound crazy and I'm over thinking it or what?
Sunday he was still hiding, color looked better. I offered a few pellets during the day, (I have an auto feeder in the display that offers pellets though the day, and I feed frozen in the evening, so I try to make QT routine similar) he ate a few then went back to lurking around the fake plant.
Later offered some LRS, he would not take it and went and hid in a piece of pvc.
Monday, out swimming and acting pretty normal, took some pellets again. Offered LRS he went for it, acted lile he was going to take some then darted back to his hideout and watched the food float around. I thought this is weird, he's hiding every time I add LRS. So decided to try some hikari mysis, he came out and started gobbling that up.
Lights come on in a bit and I am going to try and video feeding and see if he repeats this behaviour. I'm wondering if he got a frozen piece and was struggling with it and that led to the freak out, and now associates the LRS as bad?
Does this sound crazy and I'm over thinking it or what?