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Have a 3 year old Scribbled Rabbitfish that recently stopped eating Nori. It was never a crazy nori eater but now it is showing no interest. It's still eating other food but not with anywhere near the same gusto that it was before. I haven't added anything that can bring disease into the tank and all the other fish seem fine. Is it common for them to go on a hunger strike?
 

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Did you change type of nori?
Try basting it with garlic extract and see if it changes the issue
 

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Yup, no luck. The fish only ate the ocean nutrition green nori. Never messed with anything else.
That’s the only kind mine will eat too, Mine will completely ignore a sheet on a clip so I have to cut it up into 1/4”-1/2” squares and add it to the food I feed, and he can’t get enough of it. Maybe change the presentation and see if it piques it’s interest.
 
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That’s the only kind mine will eat too, Mine will completely ignore a sheet on a clip so I have to cut it up into 1/4”-1/2” squares and add it to the food I feed, and he can’t get enough of it. Maybe change the presentation and see if it piques it’s interest.

Still no luck. Right now it's eating a small amount of grape calupera in the AM with some Hikari herbivore pellets. When I feed the rest of the fish it's eating spirulina brine and lrs. @Jay Hemdal any thoughts here. Ever see a fish randomly get sick of nori after eating it for a few years daily?
 

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Still no luck. Right now it's eating a small amount of grape calupera in the AM with some Hikari herbivore pellets. When I feed the rest of the fish it's eating spirulina brine and lrs. @Jay Hemdal any thoughts here. Ever see a fish randomly get sick of nori after eating it for a few years daily?

I'm not sure what could put a fish off of nori. Is it still maintaining weight/body mass? As long as its caloric intake is good, I wouldn't worry about it. I have a group of spotted rabbitfish in our big reef exhibit that haven't been given nori for 4+ years and they are fine.

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I'm not sure what could put a fish off of nori. Is it still maintaining weight/body mass? As long as its caloric intake is good, I wouldn't worry about it. I have a group of spotted rabbitfish in our big reef exhibit that haven't been given nori for 4+ years and they are fine.

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So far yes. I basically started feeding seaweed extreme pellets and grape calupera instead of the nori.
 
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@Jay Hemdal the fish basically stopped eating everything at this point. Overall seems okay. Breathing normal and coloration is good. At a complete loss at this point
 

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@Jay Hemdal the fish basically stopped eating everything at this point. Overall seems okay. Breathing normal and coloration is good. At a complete loss at this point

Ugh - that isn't good. Did it just slowly stop feeding on other foods, or did it quit suddenly?

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Ugh - that isn't good. Did it just slowly stop feeding on other foods, or did it quit suddenly?

Jay
It just gradually stopped. Then I would try something new. Would eat for a few days and then stop. Now it's not eating anything atleast while I am feeding the tank.
 

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Darn - I've got nothing to offer you in terms of a cure or resolution. Here is an article I wrote on chronic anorexia, but at this point, I don't think it will help, other than to help explain the issue:


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Darn - I've got nothing to offer you in terms of a cure or resolution. Here is an article I wrote on chronic anorexia, but at this point, I don't think it will help, other than to help explain the issue:


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Do you think dosing the tank with prazi is worth a try? Maybe some internal worms or something?
 

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Do you think dosing the tank with prazi is worth a try? Maybe some internal worms or something?
Prazi is mostly safe for a DT. General Cure is better as it is prazi and metro, but it isn’t safe for inverts.
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Prazi is mostly safe for a DT. General Cure is better as it is prazi and metro, but it isn’t safe for inverts.
Jay

Do you think trying a round of prazi is worth a try? Guess really nothing to lose at this point.
 

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Do you think trying a round of prazi is worth a try? Guess really nothing to lose at this point.
Well, as they say, it can’t hurt. I just do see a strong indication that it will help, but maybe? I certainly don’t have any other suggestions
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Well, as they say, it can’t hurt. I just do see a strong indication that it will help, but maybe? I certainly don’t have any other suggestions
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@Jay Hemdal so the fish is eating some pe mysis after the prazi. Maybe it's a coincidence/maybe not. Is a 2nd treatment needed for internal worms?
 

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@Jay Hemdal so the fish is eating some pe mysis after the prazi. Maybe it's a coincidence/maybe not. Is a 2nd treatment needed for internal worms?
Good question - I don't know for internal parasites. I always dose prazi twice for external flukes though, since all this drug does is make the adult flukes loosen their grip, it doesn't kill eggs. You need to let the eggs hatch out then hit the juveniles before they have time to lay their own eggs.

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Good question - I don't know for internal parasites. I always dose prazi twice for external flukes though, since all this drug does is make the adult flukes loosen their grip, it doesn't kill eggs. You need to let the eggs hatch out then hit the juveniles before they have time to lay their own eggs.

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@Jay Hemdal So this is odd. I now have a second scribbled rabbit in a totally different tank with no possible means of cross contamination exhibiting the same issue. Stopped eating nori and not eating anywhere near what it was before. I know this seams odd but is it possible the LRS I was feeding has.some poison/chemical in it? I also have a 3rd tank my breeding pair of skunk clowns and they recently stopped egg leg laying.
 

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