Two things,
1) The silverjaw may be unhappy being by itself; in the nature the species
is a shoaling fish.
2) Since the fish is wild caught, maybe it is old and at the end of its life
span.
3) Silverjaws don't compete well for food in the aquarium.
Chris
> From: Sajjad Lateef <sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:53:57 -0800 (PST)
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- Emaciated Sliverjaw minnow
>
> I have a single Silverjaw minnow in a 20L with several
> other minnows (Red Shiners, hornyhead chub, blackspot
> shiners, loach minnow, blackstripe topminnow and a bluntnose
> shiner) collected back in October near Urbana.
>
> It's not doing too well. In fact, it's emaciated and very
> skinny looking and may not survive much longer. All other
> fish from the same location (hornyhead chub, blackspot shiner)
> are doing very well and getting plumper. All other fish are
> relatively aggressive at attacking the food.
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