i have a skeletor eel, always eats great, salinity is right on, temp is on point, did 2 30 gallon water changes, my eel isnt eating, and is laboring breathing, its been a week since hes eaten, he usually eats dailey, i cant see anything visually on him, theres no marks, no tank mates that would mess with him, any advice would be greatly appreciated
How big is this tank? 60 gallons can be quite stressful. Plenty of parameters that could be skewed off point. Did you stir up the sediment, or did the tank go cloudy while you were monkeying around?
That's a lot of food, and then a lot of poo from you know who...not eating for a week shouldn't be that big of a deal.
hes still very small, ive had him about 8 months, always a busy eel. tank never went cloudy, i run a g4 skimmer, filter sock, changed every week, and cheato in the fuge, water stays good, theres only a pearlscale butterfly and a half black angel, along with a chocolate chip star and a general star. i will check my levels again today and post them
water is 75
salinity 1.024
kh 9.3
ph 7.8
ca 350
ammonia less than 0.25
i ran out of nitrate test, im going to drain my fuge, add another baffle before the cheato and rock, get better flow through that chamber, maybe im building nitrates in there
im feeding krill mostly, include clams and squid to break up, ive had eels not eat for a period, so im not too concerned about that, rather more his temperment, hes pretty lathargic, which is not his usual disposition
Your ammonia should always be zero...it literally burns the skin of fish...yours is pretty low, but I'd do smaller water changes more frequently to get it to zero and keep it there.
that tank gets 30 gallon changes every 2 weeks, weekly filter sock, skimmer usually needs cleaned 1-2 times a week
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