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Andrew,
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That sounds like what I call "nitrate depression". It's about the only =
thing that will make a green sunfish not eat :)
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Have you done any water changes recently? That's the first thing I =
would do. Perhaps you have a test kit or a local shop that will do it =
for you for free. But if you don't do monthly exhanges, I'd start now.
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If you have an undergravel, I'd get a lot of the crap under it out =
(actually I'd remove it but that's a whole long story) and do a couple =
25% water changes (this is removing and replacing, not topping off =
evaporation) every 3 days for the next week. =20
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Todd
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Subject: NANFA-L-- Sunfish refusing food
I have a 3" green sunfish that I have had for about a year. All this =
time it has been a healthy eater, but recently it has started refusing =
freeze-dried brine shrimp and tubifex. Before it would eat lots of these =
foods. Do greens change food preference as they get older?=20
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