Update on Big Red and Mohawk Jr.

[Innesfan]

What was his diet?

 

[gwand]

What was his diet?

Repashy Grub, New Life Spectrum There A, Omega One Mini Pellets, Fluval Bug Bites, Alive and Frozen brine shrimp, Frozen blood worms. I rotated these foods.

 

[anewbie]

The GH is 125 ppm. Temperature 78F. Mohawk jr. was raised as a fry, born December 24, 2024. The only other fishes in the tank are 10 Glowlight tetras which were added in June.

9 month seems short but in truth my frys take longer than 9 month to reach adult size so i'm wondering if it is an issue with diet. 78. The stomach looked a little odd in the picture but it is just an angle thingy of the photo. In truth i have no clue from the information in that nothing you mentioned is a solid red flag but it is still odd it grew so fast. Do you feed it blood worms or similar they are known to cause issues.

 

[gwand]

9 month seems short but in truth my frys take longer than 9 month to reach adult size so i'm wondering if it is an issue with diet. 78. The stomach looked a little odd in the picture but it is just an angle thingy of the photo. In truth i have no clue from the information in that nothing you mentioned is a solid red flag but it is still odd it grew so fast. Do you feed it blood worms or similar they are known to cause issues.

The a. cacatuoides get frozen blood worms about once per week.

 

[anewbie]

The a. cacatuoides get frozen blood worms about once per week.

I think I would remove bloodworm from the diet as well as grub worm. Growing them fast is good if you are selling them but otherwise whatever. It is hard to indicate why a fish dies even if there is imperical evidence in the aquarium around it - you could always have a vet disect it if you preserve the specimen though in truth I would look for a pair of nice rio wc cockatoo. They won't be as flashy but they are actually fairly nice looking depending on catch location and should live 4 or so years with proper care.