I have a female Albino RES. I set up a 125gallon aquarium in a classroom and TFO member Gerards sent her to me for that tank. She is adorable and not only do I love her but the kids and teachers do, too
It's been a couple of months and I really think she is blind. She swims into things more often that what would be considered normal. Also, I have only ever seen her eat poop (1x), snails on the sand (2x), sunken algae disc (1x). Other than that she goes after the floating foods but misses it. She'll be grabbing for the floating mazuri, shrimp, worms etc. But miss it completely and then give up on trying.
I have an automatic food dispenser that gives out a good amount of mixed things each day. I keep the tank stocked with feeder shrimp, small snails and feeder guppies who breed and keep their population going.
I have tried feeding her in a separate bucket on Tuesdays, the day I go for about 2 hours for tank maintenance. She wont eat that way yet.
I have the dispenser feed more than I normally would in hopes that as the food settles to the bottom she is able to find it.
She is housed with a female southern painted. There was also a male RES but he was pulled after a few weeks because he bullied the albino. The 2 girls get along great and there are no issues. It's just the "blindness" and her eating I want to make sure I handle correctly.
Any tips or advice on how to make sure she is eating enough?
Here is the pretty little girl
It's been a couple of months and I really think she is blind. She swims into things more often that what would be considered normal. Also, I have only ever seen her eat poop (1x), snails on the sand (2x), sunken algae disc (1x). Other than that she goes after the floating foods but misses it. She'll be grabbing for the floating mazuri, shrimp, worms etc. But miss it completely and then give up on trying.
I have an automatic food dispenser that gives out a good amount of mixed things each day. I keep the tank stocked with feeder shrimp, small snails and feeder guppies who breed and keep their population going.
I have tried feeding her in a separate bucket on Tuesdays, the day I go for about 2 hours for tank maintenance. She wont eat that way yet.
I have the dispenser feed more than I normally would in hopes that as the food settles to the bottom she is able to find it.
She is housed with a female southern painted. There was also a male RES but he was pulled after a few weeks because he bullied the albino. The 2 girls get along great and there are no issues. It's just the "blindness" and her eating I want to make sure I handle correctly.
Any tips or advice on how to make sure she is eating enough?
Here is the pretty little girl