My coral catshark won't eat
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Unfortunately female didn't eat any squid stripes at night! Yesterday I tube feeded her with some mysis with selcon! I noticed when I put some mysis into the tank she waked up and swimed around the tank. 3 days ago she tasted 2 mysis but from then she didn't eat them anymore.
Have I keep tube-feeding her?
alprazo
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Any chance you could post of pic of her from above? As for tube feeds. I rec that you do them 2-3x per week until she eats on her own. It could be a long time tube feeding. The longest I've done was 9 months. I have a friend that tube fed for 15 months until his shark began to eat on its own. It is a commitment, but I feel that once we purchase the shark we owe it to the animal to do everything we can to ensure survival. The animal in the video was tube fed for about 3 months. See how fat I kept it. Now 7 years later she is alive and well and about 30 inches long. Mazuri sells a mix that I recommend. https://www.mazuri.com/mazuri/tablets-gels-other-supplements/gel-products/sharkray-gel
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Thanks a lot Alprazo, I"ll keep to tube-feed her but it's difficult for me in Italy to buy Mazuri gel anyway I"ll put in her food selcon and vitamins.
Here is a female'photo...she is on right side.
alprazo
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Yeah, she is pretty thin. Keep it up with the feeds and fatten her up. With time, effort and patience she should pull through. It can be a commitment, but you’ve
done the grunt work already by learning to effectively tube feed.
done the grunt work already by learning to effectively tube feed.
Here is an update.
She ate 2 live guppies and 3 silversides on friday but anything else from then. So today I tried with another live guppy but she didn't eat.
I hoped she start eating as the male did but I had to tubefeed her again!
She ate 2 live guppies and 3 silversides on friday but anything else from then. So today I tried with another live guppy but she didn't eat.
I hoped she start eating as the male did but I had to tubefeed her again!
That’s real progress. Is it possible she doesn’t need to eat again for a few days? I’m not a shark expert, but you need to balance her need to eat with stressing her out by tube feeding (which might stop her from eating) anybody?
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