Lyretail anthias not eating

[cdemoss01]

@Jay Hemdal any idea why my hawkfish is hiding with his mouth open?

 

[cdemoss01]

Hawkfish has rapid breathing, he left cave and darted all around acting like he was gonna jump. He went back to the cave and now him and the anthias are on each other. WHAT IS GOING ON

 

[cdemoss01]

Best I could get of the breathing. Apologies for spamming the thread.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Best I could get of the breathing. Apologies for spamming the thread.

Sorry - I know getting good video of fish is tough, but I really can't see anything of note in this one.....

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

@Jay Hemdal any idea why my hawkfish is hiding with his mouth open?

Open mouth breathing can be a sign of the breathing rate being so rapid that the mouth doesn't have time to close between breaths - like a dog panting I guess is the best way to put it.....

 

[cdemoss01]

@Jay Hemdal any idea why my hawkfish is hiding with his mouth open?

Open mouth breathing can be a sign of the breathing rate being so rapid that the mouth doesn't have time to close between breaths - like a dog panting I guess is the best way to put it.....

He recovered shortly after. I don't understand why they hid together.

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Camden,

Im really sorry you're going through this. I know that it is tough. Potentially having sick fish is never fun - especially when you have no answers. I have absolutely zero qualifications in diagnosing fish diseases. However, if getting a good quality video is tough, try to carefully examine the fishes. Do they have white bumps? Sometimes these white bumps that come with things like velvet can be hard to see, especially on colorful fish like Anthias. Do they swim in front of power heads? Are they "itching"?

Sounds like they may be doing better now as of your most recent post. However, still carefully observe them to make sure that there are no signs of disease starting.

The heavy breathing could have been from the sporadic darting around and not necessarily a sign of disease.

Good luck!

 

[cdemoss01]

Camden,

Im really sorry you're going through this. I know that it is tough. Potentially having sick fish is never fun - especially when you have no answers. I have absolutely zero qualifications in diagnosing fish diseases. However, if getting a good quality video is tough, try to carefully examine the fishes. Do they have white bumps? Sometimes these white bumps that come with things like velvet can be hard to see, especially on colorful fish like Anthias. Do they swim in front of power heads? Are they "itching"?

Sounds like they may be doing better now as of your most recent post. However, still carefully observe them to make sure that there are no signs of disease starting.

The heavy breathing could have been from the sporadic darting around and not necessarily a sign of disease.

Good luck!

No signs of disease. The anthias isn't eating again

 

[cdemoss01]

Anthias is hiding under a rock on the bottom today. I don't understand what the problem is.

 

[cdemoss01]

Fed mysis and it didn't even come out of hiding.

 

[cdemoss01]

I think she's slowly on her way to death. She won't come out of hiding

 

[cdemoss01]

@Jay Hemdal what else should I try and do?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

@Jay Hemdal what else should I try and do?

I went back and scanned this thread - the anthias started eating and then stopped again?

I think 3 people echoed my suggestion that you hatch out live baby brine shrimp.

What are your current water chemistry readings, including pH and ammonia?

 

[cdemoss01]

I went back and scanned this thread - the anthias started eating and then stopped again?

I think 3 people echoed my suggestion that you hatch out live baby brine shrimp.

What are your current water chemistry readings, including pH and ammonia?

Yes it did start eating then stopped. I cannot hatch baby brine shrimp but I bought frozen mysis and it ate that.

 

[cdemoss01]

She's gone.