GAhockey1992
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Feb 1, 2017
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So I’ve had my ~9” golden dwarf moray eel for about 6 months. He ate like crazy and was doing amazing for about 4 months and then started refusing food for about 3 weeks which I attributed to a common moray eel hunger strike. He ate for a few weeks after but never as voracious as when I first got him. Now, he has stopped eating again which is running on about 3 weeks now.
Tank parameters are pretty solid & the moray is the only inhabitant:
-20 long SPS dominant
-SCA-301 skimmer
-refugium w/ chaeto
-SG: 1.025; NO3: 5 ppm; PO4: ~0.01
Im starting to get very concerned because I had another golden dwarf moray previously and the SAME EXACT scenario occurred until he died after refusing to eat for 6-8 weeks or so.
Since I got him I’ve fed fed him mainly chunks from LRS chunky blend as well as squid and shelled Alaskan shrimp. I feel this is a pretty balanced diet but after doing a bunch of reading I came across this article regarding an enzyme deficiency in predatory fish that are kept in the hobby..
Thiaminase
Anyone have similar experiences or familiar with this enzyme deficiency? All opinions or suggestions I’d love to hear. Anything I can do to ensure the morays survival/health I will do and try.
Tank parameters are pretty solid & the moray is the only inhabitant:
-20 long SPS dominant
-SCA-301 skimmer
-refugium w/ chaeto
-SG: 1.025; NO3: 5 ppm; PO4: ~0.01
Im starting to get very concerned because I had another golden dwarf moray previously and the SAME EXACT scenario occurred until he died after refusing to eat for 6-8 weeks or so.
Since I got him I’ve fed fed him mainly chunks from LRS chunky blend as well as squid and shelled Alaskan shrimp. I feel this is a pretty balanced diet but after doing a bunch of reading I came across this article regarding an enzyme deficiency in predatory fish that are kept in the hobby..
Thiaminase
Anyone have similar experiences or familiar with this enzyme deficiency? All opinions or suggestions I’d love to hear. Anything I can do to ensure the morays survival/health I will do and try.