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Yesterday afternoon I received a cross-country shipment of some recently wild-caught fish from Lake Tanganyika: 5 adult Neolamprologus mustax and 2 juvenile N. sexfasciatus. They all looked pretty stressed out when I unbagged them and placed them in a newly established, fully cycled 55-gallon tank, especially 1 of the N. mustax and both of the N. sexfasciatus. I just left them alone in relatively dim light until lights-out. This morning they look much better, as I'd hoped - EXCEPT for that 1 mustax. It's the biggest, most impressive specimen, of course. :?
What that fish is still doing this morning is lying around on the substrate, trying to stay out of the way of the other fish; when they approach and sometimes even when they're nowhere near, it curves its body into a bit of an S-shape and shimmies to another location. Fins are all clamped down. Sometimes it looks as if it's having a bit of trouble remaining upright.
What if anything can I do to aid its recovery?
Also, it and the 2 N. sexfasciatus look rather hollow-bellied. What would you recommend I start feeding them to get them going and fill them out? I don't know whether that 1 N. mustax would even eat in its current condition, of course.
For background, the fish arrived in the country only 2 weeks ago, and what the importer did was feed them metronidazole-medicated flake food until 3 days before shipping to me, at which time he fasted them. My water parameters are great for Tanganyikans.
Any thoughtful advice would be greatly appreciated!
Gerry
What that fish is still doing this morning is lying around on the substrate, trying to stay out of the way of the other fish; when they approach and sometimes even when they're nowhere near, it curves its body into a bit of an S-shape and shimmies to another location. Fins are all clamped down. Sometimes it looks as if it's having a bit of trouble remaining upright.
What if anything can I do to aid its recovery?
Also, it and the 2 N. sexfasciatus look rather hollow-bellied. What would you recommend I start feeding them to get them going and fill them out? I don't know whether that 1 N. mustax would even eat in its current condition, of course.
For background, the fish arrived in the country only 2 weeks ago, and what the importer did was feed them metronidazole-medicated flake food until 3 days before shipping to me, at which time he fasted them. My water parameters are great for Tanganyikans.
Any thoughtful advice would be greatly appreciated!
Gerry