help with blue throat trigger

currentking · Jan 27, 2008

I have had a blue throat trigger for about 3 weeks. He has been eating krill shrimp like there is no tomorrow. 3 days ago he stopped eating. He has not touched a single krill, brine or mysis. can anyone give me a suggestion on what could be wrong? All of the other fish are eating well. I have 6 fish. the trigger, cardinal, yellow tang, psychadellic wrasse, mystery wrasse and a true perc. What can I do. my last water test was about a week ago and everything was perfect. nitrates 0 nitirtes 0 phos 0 cal 440 alk 9

JGoslee · Jan 27, 2008

Are any of the other fish picking on him?

NapoliNewJersey · Jan 27, 2008

Yeah ... I can see a fish stop out of the blue after he's been eating because he's being harrassed and doesn't want to get into it with the other fish.

Either that or he's got something internal.

currentking · Jan 27, 2008

no one is picking on him. he is twice as big as any other fish in the tank and has no damage. even when the yellow tang used to harass him a little, he would eat.

Pitcom · Jan 27, 2008

Just a thought but have you tried any algae or kelp food? Alot of the blue throats that come into my lfs dont really eat the krill they feed the tanks. They prefer the greenier variety as thats thier natural diet.