Returning my Blonde Naso to the LFS tomorrow :(

yeah.. im returning the little guy to the LFS tomorrow..
he refuses to eat since last friday.. I really dont want him to die on me, so i guess ill just return it to the LFS while he is alive and at least get some credit for him.:-/

 

Sorry to hear this!

 

yeah.. im pretty dissapointed... i kinda liked him..:-/

 

You better tell the LFS he wasn't eating, so that they know. And maybe you can find one soon that is eating well!

 

yeah i called today, and they told me they can give me 50% store credit.
( they are supposed to get blonde nasos on monday, but they are quite bigger).

 

What types of food have you tried? A week isn't that bad. My CB didn't eat prepared foods for about that time. Don't take offense to this, but I don't like what your doing. It has a better chance of eating and living with you then with the LFS. You can pay close attention to it, try to target feed it etc. At the lfs, it will probably die or be sold to somebody where most likely won't eat. Transporting it and adding it to a new tank will only stress it out more and more. IMO, being a hobbyist means taking on challenges and accepting responsibility for these animals. You may not like what I'm saying, but that's how I feel.

 

you are right, but i really cant afford him dying on me. My LFS takes good care of the fish, ive returned 2 fish to him for other reasons and he has this QT room where he usually restores them back to health before selling again. Problem with me keeping it is that he is refusing every food i give him.. im out of ideas.
ive tried, mysis shrimp and the emerald cubes, ( emerald contain brine, mysis, krill, and like 3 types of algae i think). and ive also tried nori. and pellets with spirullina. One time he took a bite to mysis but spited it out right away and havent seen him try anything else since.
i do see him picking at the rocks and at the roots of my mangroves, every now and then, but he swims funny, like if he was sad. I pretty much ran out of ideas and cant really afford to restore a fish back to health if he isnt healthy from the start.

i was going to try formula 1, but honestly i dont think he is going to eat. i think its worth mentioning that everything goes soaked in garlic aswell.

 

My Naso's and any other fish for that matter, are addicted to Cyclop-Eeze.

 

i guess i can give him 3 more days.. ill see if my LFS has cyclop-Eeze. Ill get the formula 1 too.. if he doesnt eat, ill return it on monday.:-/