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Yes Mbkemp I did try zucchini and now she has recovered and started eating it. A relief!

All fine now! My Bristlenose is now perfectly well. Thanks to everyone’s advice. Last week she started to be more active and move around the tank much more. I noticed a large amount of waste and then a few days later I found larger and larger nibbles in the cucumber and courgettes that I have...

Yes King Fisher I think she must be eating algae. Actually right now she has moved over to the filter and is sucking on that. I do put food in at about 11pm but snails sit on it and it seems untouched by the Bristlenose as it is always in the same place and intact in the morning. Then I fish it...

When you say put the Bristlenose in an Epsom salts bath, would a bucket I use to clean the fish tank out with be ok?

Thank you for your comments. My Bristlenose is still alive but pretty much the same - still not eating anything that I put in (peas, courgette, cucumber, algae wafers). She is still staying in pretty much one place and occasionally moving onto the driftwood. I will keep trying different foods...

My female 14cm and 3 year old Bristlenose is behaving very differently to usual. She is completely disinterested in her food and has not eaten any of the food I have added to the tank in the past week. She usually heads straight for any food I add. She is the only fish in a 12 gallon tank. I...