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Hello,

My spotted Raphael (Sanjay) has not been eating for a while and I'm open to suggestions on what I can do. For a while, Sanjay would come out whenever I was feeding and eat one or two shrimp pellets and then go back into hiding. He would also come out at night looking for food. I haven't seen him eat in about three weeks and I'm not sure he is getting any food. I try feeding at night, but usually my greedy cichlid pigs eat it all up.

Water conditions are normal but I did but some Quick Cure ick meds in the tank, salt and also raised the temperature to 29° C.

Not sure what I can do. Please help

raphaels prefer meaty foods. right before you turn the lights out try dropping in some frozen food. he will probably go after it. other live foods such as bloodworms, earthworms or tubifex worms should work also.

if he wont eat any of these things there might be something wrong with his health

Raphaels go through long periods where they stop eating in my tanks. It has been up to two weeks of not moving from his spot. While a mostly nocturnal fish it is pretty easy to tell once detrius settles in around them. Your fish is doing just fine. Better to drop the food an hour after lights out so that some of the other diurnal fish don't start after his food and then drop in most anything. Shrimp pellets, blood worms, carnivore wafers, etc. They are not extremely picky but the most active period of my Raphaels tends to be between 3 and 5am. I can watch them swim across the tank and act like any other normal daytime fish.

Koi

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