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Date Posted: 12:01:14 05/12/01 Sat
Author: Charles
Subject: Re: elephant nose
In reply to: etienne 's message, "Re: elephant nose" on 01:13:18 05/21/00 Sun

>> I think my elephant nose starved to death. I was
>told
>> to feet it frozen blood worm and frozen brine
>shrimp.
>> It got weak and could not keep upright in the tank.
>> Do they not eat frozen food? What should I have been
>> feeding.
>
>Hi there, the elephant nosefish eats mostly
>plants.This fish prefers fresh tubifix (watch out,
>fresh tubifix can contain diseases). He also eats
>frozen food but if he is new in the tank he will not
>started to eat quick. I had some before but they have
>also died. I always thought this fish feels verry
>lonely if he is single in a fish tank so he wont eat.
>This fish also want perfect water conditions, a little
>change in the water and he is sick and will die.
>
>etienne.

Here is my take. I woke up this morning and my Elephant fish (named Cyrano) was dead. I had him 3 weeks. He is in a tank with 7 small non electrical fish. The tank has a ph of 7.0 and a temperature of 75 degrees. I was told to feed him blood worms and that he would also eat flakes and tubifish. I haven't fed him blood worms since the 1st week. Last night he started behaving strangely...swimming in the upper portion of the tank when he ususally hung out near the bottom. He got along great with the other fish. From reading about this fish on several websites I have come to the conclusion that no one really knows about this fish. While some information seems consistant, (ph and temperature) other information differs, (number of elephant fish per tank, what to feed them). He was the coolest fish I've owned and I will miss him but won't replace him as it seems they die quite often and don't fare well in captivity.

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