NANFA-- Fish that quit eating

John Bongiovanni (bongi_at_cox-internet.com)
Tue, 01 Oct 2002 20:34:32 -0500

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I know that we have discussed this before... but are there any ideas why
a otherwise healthy fish just stops eating?
The phenomenon occurs in what appears to be two ways.

1. The fish try to eat, even have a bloodworm in their mouth but can't
seem to get it down. They were previously able to get it down with
little problem.

2. The fish just quit eating, show no interest in eating and waste away.

Is there some internal parasite at work here or an issue of chemistry.
The water chemistry seems to be ok.

Any thoughts?

John

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