New Addition troubles

wetpresidents · 05-16-2006, 01:40 AM

Just got my new 150 up and running, and was really excited to get the damsels out of my bedroom tank. Was but half a week later til i found a newbie to replace my damsels in the br, a spotted panther grouper. The first two nights i kept the lights off to further the acclimation process, but now the grouper hasn't been eating since those first two days. Ive had him for bout a week and he's only been nibbling the frozen brine and blood worms in the last 3 or 4 days. The puffer and eel are still eating healthy though. I just hope the d@mn grouper dont f-up the tank. The guy working the lfs the night i bought him said hes been on live brine. so tomorrow after work ill go buy some live brine and see if he will go for that and then slowly get him to eat what i feel like putting in the tank that night. ne1 else have feeding problems with the same fish, or any other grouper for that matter?

Witfull · 05-16-2006, 06:31 AM

how big is he?

wetpresidents · 05-18-2006, 05:12 AM

he's small maybe two inches, today i fed some live brine and he ate like literally 1. he might be shying frome eating because itis time for a water change

thanx for the quick reply

Witfull · 05-18-2006, 05:23 AM

it could also be that hes new in the tank,,,one good thing about groupers is,,,when they get hungry,,,they will eat. if you really need to get him something,,,try a small guppy. feed the gup some quality flake food first to get the most nutrients into the grouper.

Annie742 · 05-19-2006, 09:51 AM

When I got my lionfish he didn't want to eat anything dead at first either. I put him in a smaller tank (30 gal) by himself. I then fed him the live food he was use to. But only enough to keep him hungry. Then I stopped feeding him live for about 4 days, only offering him the frozen stuff. You might want to try and do this with the grouper. It took a while but it did work, and now he only eats the frozen stuff.

So go ahead and give him the food he is use to eating all the while offering him the frozen. Don't know if this will work but hey it's worth a try

Also if he is by himself in a different tank, it might go after the food better.

wetpresidents · 05-21-2006, 12:44 AM

First of all id like to say thanks, i have joined a few aquaria-sites before and all they were about was posting threads like were to go for dating sites and talking about like 50 year olds hooking up. im glad to have found a site were i cant wait to get home from work just to log on and see my post and read others. Ne way THanks for the quick post guys, i have been gettin him to eat live brine the last couple of days. I think that you were right, it must have been the new addition syndrom(sp?). He's in my 30g right now, my books tell me he'll grow really fast, so i intend on putting him in my 150g in a couple of months.

05-16-2006, 01:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
wetpresidents Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: BREWCITY Posts: 27 View Gallery Karma Komment	New Addition troubles Just got my new 150 up and running, and was really excited to get the damsels out of my bedroom tank. Was but half a week later til i found a newbie to replace my damsels in the br, a spotted panther grouper. The first two nights i kept the lights off to further the acclimation process, but now the grouper hasn't been eating since those first two days. Ive had him for bout a week and he's only been nibbling the frozen brine and blood worms in the last 3 or 4 days. The puffer and eel are still eating healthy though. I just hope the d@mn grouper dont f-up the tank. The guy working the lfs the night i bought him said hes been on live brine. so tomorrow after work ill go buy some live brine and see if he will go for that and then slowly get him to eat what i feel like putting in the tank that night. ne1 else have feeding problems with the same fish, or any other grouper for that matter?

05-18-2006, 05:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
wetpresidents Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: BREWCITY Posts: 27 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New Addition troubles he's small maybe two inches, today i fed some live brine and he ate like literally 1. he might be shying frome eating because itis time for a water change thanx for the quick reply

05-19-2006, 09:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Annie742 Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 174 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New Addition troubles When I got my lionfish he didn't want to eat anything dead at first either. I put him in a smaller tank (30 gal) by himself. I then fed him the live food he was use to. But only enough to keep him hungry. Then I stopped feeding him live for about 4 days, only offering him the frozen stuff. You might want to try and do this with the grouper. It took a while but it did work, and now he only eats the frozen stuff. So go ahead and give him the food he is use to eating all the while offering him the frozen. Don't know if this will work but hey it's worth a try Also if he is by himself in a different tank, it might go after the food better.

05-21-2006, 12:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
wetpresidents Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: BREWCITY Posts: 27 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: New Addition troubles First of all id like to say thanks, i have joined a few aquaria-sites before and all they were about was posting threads like were to go for dating sites and talking about like 50 year olds hooking up. im glad to have found a site were i cant wait to get home from work just to log on and see my post and read others. Ne way THanks for the quick post guys, i have been gettin him to eat live brine the last couple of days. I think that you were right, it must have been the new addition syndrom(sp?). He's in my 30g right now, my books tell me he'll grow really fast, so i intend on putting him in my 150g in a couple of months.

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