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Royal Gramma losing color Hi everyone
About 5 months ago I bought a royal gramma from
LFS and he's been doing fine. Until when I came home today he lost his color in his body. I tested My water everything is ok. I'v been feeding him brine shrimp, blood worms, Flake foods ,and pellet foods. I have no idea what it is . Please Help
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could be stress. what else is in the tank ??
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I have 2 percula clowns, 1 cardnal, 1 yellow tail damsel, 1 green chromis, and one blue hippo tang. But I dont think its the tang because he never atacks anything that I seen of.
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could also be the food being offered. brine shrimp has NO nutritional value. try switching your fish over to mysis shrimp.
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Thanks I'll try it.
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I also soak all of my food in vitamins and garlic.
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I second the mysis shrimp. It s very important to feed a vitamin riched food for these fish we keep. Also, try some nori sometimes even the dottybacks will take to eating it, I know my Brazilian Gamma loves it
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Nori is seaweed.
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Quote:
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CarmieJo Nori is seaweed.
Thanks Carmie, I get mine from
noridirect.com
You can get a huge package for $8 I believe, all my fish love it
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I just pick mine up at the grocery store. It's like $3.00 for 6 sheets I think.
Speaking of, I knew another reefer was nearby at the grocery the other day. There was a basket sitting in the aisle with, among other things, nori, frozen shrimp, Mrs. Wages Picking Lime, Arm & Hammer baking soda and several gallons of distilled watter
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Did you hang around their cart and meet them? Would the greeting be "Reefer, huh"? Or maybe not.
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No, I was in a hurry, but around here I'm just as likely as not to get arrested for asking someone that question
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i would have waited ... i guess i am just a little more HARD CORE than you are though !!
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Quote:
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Phurst I just pick mine up at the grocery store. It's like $3.00 for 6 sheets I think.
Wow thats robbery! Go to an Asian market. I get 100 sheets for 8 dollars at the Asian marke down the street from my house. They come in resealable packages as well so you can store them for longer.
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Royal Gramma losing color 
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