Another feeding question - Purple Firefish
 

I've had a group of three Purple Firefish for quite a while now, at
least a year. Recently, one started losing weight and finally expired.
Now, I notice one of the others is looking a little light, and I'm
worrying. The other fish in the tank are eating and keeping their
weight on. I feed everybody a variety of stuff, from flake through
"human" fishy stuff. The firefish eat whatever they can get in their
mouths, which has been fine, since I try to be sure at least part of
the feed is very tiny.

I wonder if they just have lived their lifespan, or if something else
is going on. None of the other fish seem affected. The water
parameters seem good, with the exception that the pH drifts down and
has to be buffered up with our water changes.

Does anyone else have experience with firefish, and can suggest some
course of action or special food?

=^..^=
.... the problem with people these days is that
they've forgotten we're really just animals.

Another feeding question - Purple Firefish
 

exotec wrote on Wed, 30 Aug 2006:
I've had a group of three Purple Firefish for quite a while now, at
least a year. Recently, one started losing weight and finally expired.
Does anyone else have experience with firefish, and can suggest some
course of action or special food?

I've had (and have) some purple and some red firefish. They don't seem
especially different from any other fish. I've never heard of a special
dietary requirement.

It's hard to learn too much from the death of a single fish. Fish die from
all sorts of reasons, including natural old age.

-- Don
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Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if
you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to.
Then, on the way out, slam the door. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey

Another feeding question - Purple Firefish
 

I like feeding them San Fransisco brand frozen plankton. I
also mix with that frozen mysis shrimp.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



exotec wrote on 8/30/2006 12:59 AM:
I've had a group of three Purple Firefish for quite a while now, at
least a year. Recently, one started losing weight and finally expired.
Now, I notice one of the others is looking a little light, and I'm
worrying. The other fish in the tank are eating and keeping their
weight on. I feed everybody a variety of stuff, from flake through
"human" fishy stuff. The firefish eat whatever they can get in their
mouths, which has been fine, since I try to be sure at least part of
the feed is very tiny.

I wonder if they just have lived their lifespan, or if something else
is going on. None of the other fish seem affected. The water
parameters seem good, with the exception that the pH drifts down and
has to be buffered up with our water changes.

Does anyone else have experience with firefish, and can suggest some
course of action or special food?

=^..^=
.... the problem with people these days is that
they've forgotten we're really just animals.