skinny carrberryi anthia

[duke62]

i have 3 of these anthias.2 are fat and look great the other one a female is skinny to the point where you can see its definition in its skelatal frame.i am feeding them phyto and brine shrimp.they all have a veratious appetite but its not gaining weight.i feed them once in morning and once at night.anyone have any idea what could be going on

 

[crox99]

Duke

do you mean you are feeding them brine shrimp that were grown with phyto? Or you are just dosing phyto in your tank?

 

[duke62]

mixing brine with phyto

 

[bad coffee]

are the brine fresh, or are they older? brine shrimp lose most of their nutritional value hours after they hatch.

What other feeds have you tried?

B

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Mysis

 

[duke62]

i have frozen phyto,frozen brine,frozen mysis shrimp.like i said the other 2 are fat and look wonderful its only the 1 female.male and other female are beautiful.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Mysis with garlic extract.

 

[JasonE]

brine shrimp should never be used as a primary food. the phyto will have no effect on the fish.
try cyclopeeze and mysis, and try feeding them at least 3 times a day. carberryi are not an easy anthias to keep, compared to say squamis or bartletts.

 

[Phyl]

My anthias (though a different species) eat anything now, but they started on mysis and cyclopeze. Try to wean them onto a varied diet and away from the brine, as soon as you can.

 

[KathyC]

While I agree with the folks above who've suggested you get away from the brine shrimp and feed a more nutritional mix, I think your original question was asking if there could be something wrong with the one skinny fish..since the other 2 are nice and plump.

Perhaps. How long have you had the fish?
Since it isn't a good idea to treat something you cannot identify, for now your best best would be to improve the food you are feeding and first soak the food in Garlic (there are a few brands available at the LFS for this) and also soaking it in vitamins (like Selcon).
As long at the fish has been hanging in there for awhile in this condition IMO trying this approach won't hurt. If she's been actively losing weight, you'll want to get her into a QT to treat her more aggressively.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Anthias are planktonic feeders so the cyclopeeze should trigger a feeding response unless something else is wrong. Mysis is also great but a little garlic may help. Also, brine shrimp (as already stated) is a useless food unless you either feed within the first 8 hours of life or you are feeding it live to trigger feeding responses. It's ok as a treat but it has the nutritional value of a potato chip.

 

[yiliyang]

I am not an expert, but logic dictates that if they all eats the same, but one is skinny, I would say she may have internal parasites that is causing her to loose weight. Garlic juice is a known parasite controller. It maybe beneficial to you to feed them food soaked in garlic juice first. The garlic juice will not hurt your fish in anyway.

You may also want to wean them to a more nutritionally balanced food such as new life spectrum pellets. I think it is difficult for them to get balanced nutrition on just brine. Brine shrimp has very low nutritional value.

Good luck.
Post some pics of the fishes.

 

[duke62]

thank you.i will try cyclopeeze soaked in garlic.i will updaTE GOOD OR BAD

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Garlic isn't a 100% remedy or parasites it may "repel" or deter some parasites but it's never a go to medication.

 

[duke62]

i bought the cyclo and i tried garlic extract.the only prob with garlic is it makes my skimmer crazy.it always overflows when i use it.i have to wait like 3 hrs for the balance of chemicals in the extract to cycle through.other than that i will monitor her closely