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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Not growing
One of my Juvi JD's is not growing (actually it looks smaller than when i got it), the other one is definitely much larger then when I got him, the one that isn't growing eats just as much as the larger one. Anyone got some ideas as to what may be causing this? I keep them both in a large enough tank. | 
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| How long have you had them? | |
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| around 3 weeks now | |
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| You won't see a lot of growth in three weeks. Give him a bit longer and I'm sure you'll see he's getting bigger! | |
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January 24th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Ok, thanks Nick, just a lil worried is all  | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| increase water changes to twice a week also. Do this for a month and I'd guarantee substantial growth unless it's a runt, which is also a possibility. | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| What happens if it's a runt? I just wait for it to die..?  | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by TStone21  What happens if it's a runt? I just wait for it to die..? | Hum. no. It can live a plenty long life as a runt. It'll just be smaller for the whole of it's life, generally speaking. I have a yoyo loach that was a runt/very sickly when I first got them. For 5 months I never saw him eat.. ever, but he hung in there with the support of his other yoyo buddies. Then out of the blue one day he swam to the top and started eating the flakes when I began feeding. Miracle I thought. He's now started growing finally and while his friends are pushing 4" now, he is just barely 2.5". Still a strong little guy though and can hang with the rest of his buddies. | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by FL CommunityFans Hum. no. It can live a plenty long life as a runt. It'll just be smaller for the whole of it's life, generally speaking. I have a yoyo loach that was a runt/very sickly when I first got them. For 5 months I never saw him eat.. ever, but he hung in there with the support of his other yoyo buddies. Then out of the blue one day he swam to the top and started eating the flakes when I began feeding. Miracle I thought. He's now started growing finally and while his friends are pushing 4" now, he is just barely 2.5". Still a strong little guy though and can hang with the rest of his buddies. | Aw, what a cute little guy!
Yeah, generally the "runts" can live long healthy lives too! Just make sure you keep an eye on him to see that he's not being bullied or anything | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by TStone21 One of my Juvi JD's is not growing (actually it looks smaller than when i got it), the other one is definitely much larger then when I got him, the one that isn't growing eats just as much as the larger one. Anyone got some ideas as to what may be causing this? I keep them both in a large enough tank. | What are you feeding your JDs and how much per day? They need good quality food in order to grow. Feed them frozen Blood worms, brine shrimp and good quality cichlid pellets daily. | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I have been alternating between blood worms and omega One Natural protein Formula flakes, two feedings of the flakes afor every 1 of the BW, I'm going to go pick up some brine shrimp soon and to give them some variety, also.. any ideas for live foods for JD's this young? maybe small feeder cricket, (I beleive they eat those too? | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| id switch out the flakes for cichlid pellets as kate said..they have small med and large sizes ...if your jd's are shy, they wont come after the crickets...I have 2 shy ones that dont bother to eat off the top but will for pellets ...I even crush some at first to get them to respond better ..goodluck! | |
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January 25th, 2009
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| I know that some folks like to feed their fish flakes and maybe small tropicals can get away with them. But IMO I will never feed any of my fish flakes. There are just too many other foods available that I believe are better for them. When you are dealing with fish that grow large its a good idea to give them a variety of foods that include protein. As Shawnie said, and she has some beautiful large JDs and they are doing great, I agree that switching out the flakes for a good quality Cichlid Pellet is best.
I feed my juvi JDs frozen blood worms every morning, New Life Spectrum Cichild Pellets in the afternoon and Brine Shrimp every evening. Not to say that is the only thing to give them, just wanted to let you know what I feed them as something to think about.  | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| thank you all for your input, I'll switch out the flakes for some pellets, I imagine small would be best for the size of my JD's? and as they get bigger upgrade the size of pellet. | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| Hi TStone
starting off with a small pellet is fine. If you are able to find any pellets that are made specifically for juvi and growing fish that would be even better. Do you have access to the brand New Life Spectrum? They have some wonderful products and grow out pellets as well. If you googled New Life Spectrum fish food, you should find their website with lots of information on what to feed young fish etc.
Best of luck with your little ones! | |
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January 26th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| pristine water parameters, good diets and tender loving care and in no time you will have larger fish | |
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