Slinky_Bass
12-06-2006, 10:44 PM
After three and a half months of my one angel being bullied, eating poorly and then not eating at all, he finally seems to be coming right. For this past week his appetite has returned and has been steadily getting better, and this evening at feeding time he positively gulped down the frozen bloodworms, boldly competing with the other angels for food. He then proceeded to pick on the corys tablets as well.
The two main things that I've done that I think have helped are stepping up my water changes from 20% weekly to 40% weekly, (this has brought my nitrates down to 5-10mg from the 30mg it had crept up to after the addition of the loaches) and building my skinny angel a bogwood and java fern retreat where he can completely disappear from sight. His confidence is slowly returning and he is starting to defend his new retreat with a vigour I have not seen in him for a long time. I hope I have not spoken too soon about his recovery, but I am really happy and wanted to share this :)
The two main things that I've done that I think have helped are stepping up my water changes from 20% weekly to 40% weekly, (this has brought my nitrates down to 5-10mg from the 30mg it had crept up to after the addition of the loaches) and building my skinny angel a bogwood and java fern retreat where he can completely disappear from sight. His confidence is slowly returning and he is starting to defend his new retreat with a vigour I have not seen in him for a long time. I hope I have not spoken too soon about his recovery, but I am really happy and wanted to share this :)