So here is where I am at now with this fish. I still have him in the quarantine tank. He is no longer behaving so strangely, he swims more normally and doesn't bob at the surface. From all outward appearances he seems quite healthy..... with one exception, and that's his feeding. He ate the first day or two that I had him, but now not so much. I never witness him eating.
I have used fresh clam, fresh shrimp, fresh pieces of silversides and carnivore frozen food. I just don't ever witness him eating. I believe he is eating. I will drop a couple of pieces of shrimp in his tank and an hour later a piece or two will be gone. But I never witness him eating it when I first drop it in. From what I can tell though, he does not appear to be thinning out or anything. No stringy white poop or anything that I can tell that would indicate parasites, but I will have to say that I am no expert on that sort of thing.
I almost wonder if this is just an acclimation to captivity problem? It's almost like he has a case of the 'sads'? Anyone have any opinions? Do I keep him in the quarantine tank until I now his appetite is fine? Anyone ever had a fish not do well in a bare quarantine tank but snapped out of it in the display tank where the environment is a bit more enriching? I just don't have a clue at this point.
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