I have a male Crosshatch trigger that decided to just stop eating a couple of weeks ago. It went through QT months ago including 2.5 months of hypo-salinity with a month long treatment of Paraguard and 2 week treatment of medicated food with praziquantel and metronidazole. There are no signs of disease on him or any of the other fish in the tank which have similarly been QT’d. Water parameters are all good.
He has always been a strong eater. He would still seem excited about food and go after it, but then spit it out. Now be shows little interest. I use frozen LRS and lately have been adding Selco since that’s what got him eating when I first brought him home. Today I even put a clove of garlic in the food to let it soak in some of the flavor (I didn’t leave any pieces of garlic actually in it). He took a little nibble and spit it out.
I’m at a loss as to what else to try. I don’t think he’ll make it another week if he doesn’t eat. Any thoughts?
He has always been a strong eater. He would still seem excited about food and go after it, but then spit it out. Now be shows little interest. I use frozen LRS and lately have been adding Selco since that’s what got him eating when I first brought him home. Today I even put a clove of garlic in the food to let it soak in some of the flavor (I didn’t leave any pieces of garlic actually in it). He took a little nibble and spit it out.
I’m at a loss as to what else to try. I don’t think he’ll make it another week if he doesn’t eat. Any thoughts?