Ohio FishPlant Dude Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) I've heard/read that it is not good to feed brine frozen brine shrimp to Rainbows. Is this true? Coincidently, I've fed brine shrimp to my dwarf neon rainbows twice and the next day, one of them has difficulty swimming and passed away shortly. I've lost 2 rainbows so far. I feed brine shrimp to my community tank about once a week, alternating with a variety of dry/frozen foods. Was this just a strange coincidence or is there a problem with brine shrimp and rainbows? Rainbows are real pigs and seem to just gulp down food. Maybe the shrimp get entangled in their throats/gills? Thanks, fishy folks! Edited January 14, 2022 by Ohio FishPlant Dude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 10:10 PM, Ohio FishPlant Dude said: I've heard/read that it is not good to feed brine frozen brine shrimp to Rainbows. Is this true? Coincidently, I've fed brine shrimp to my dwarf neon rainbows twice and the next day, one of them has difficulty swimming and passed away shortly. I've lost 2 rainbows so far. I feed brine shrimp to my community tank about once a week, alternating with a variety of dry/frozen foods. Was this just a strange coincidence or is there a problem with brine shrimp and rainbows? Rainbows are real pigs and seem to just gulp down food. Maybe the shrimp get entangled in their throats/gills? Thanks, fishy folks! Don’t know about your Bows. Sorry to hear you’ve had problems. But that tank is stunning!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I have fed BBS to both juvenile and adult neon dwarf rainbows and not had any problems with them eating it. I hatch BBS two or three times a week and feed everything in my fishroom some, including adult rainbows and have not had any die within a day or two of feeding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Payne Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I have kept and bred dwarf neon rainbowfish for years and feed frozen brine shrimp weekly. I have never had a problem with doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio FishPlant Dude Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) Thanks for your comments...I'm starting to believe that my dwarf rainbows just don't like my water... my water is hard, I thought rainbows like hard water. I do weekly water changes and check my nitrates. Today, I had to remove another 'sluggish, dull-looking female rainbow who was having difficulty swimming. I placed her in my quarantine tank and she is scurrying along the bottom, with wobbly movements and will probably die shortly! Each doomed fish always looses its iridescent color before they die! Is there such a thing as a 'rainbow fish disease'? So odd because in my main tank, I have thriving cardinal/ phantom tetras, ottocinclus and other 'sensitive' fish who supposedly don't care for hard water...and my ph is near neutral! The pic below is my latest victim who will probably expire by tomorrow! She has trouble swimming( the water current will push her along) and wobbles along the gravel.Each sick fish seems to loose it's strength, swimming weakly and is very easy to catch because they can't flee quickly! Edited January 15, 2022 by Ohio FishPlant Dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Matt Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I have had this issue with White Clouds. Feeding ADULT brine shrimp seemed to end with struggling or dead fish, feeding baby brine shrimp was no problem. Not sure if that helps. You could try feeding them something else and see if the deaths stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Sounds like a bacterial infection. Are they new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio FishPlant Dude Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Not new rainbow fish...I've had them since October and I quarantined them for 2 weeks before placing into my display tank. All the other fish seem just fine..although I''ve noticed that all my remaining dwarf rainbows have big stomachs! They are so greedy and compete with eating all the food to the point that I worry that my cardinals don't get enough food! Do you think they could overeat and get bloated which eventually kills them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Sounds like some kind of disease to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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