clown not eating!

stickman

stickman

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i recently added 2 clowns to my DT. i could have sworn both were eating in QT. now one just wont hold the food in. he goes for it then spits it out. fish have shown no signs of brook or ich. the one that isnt eat does have irregular stool<string dangling> both fish seem to be enjoying themselves in the DT. parameters as of monday 12/11
Ph-8.0
AMM-0ppm
No2-0ppm
No3-15-20ppm
dkh-12drops/214.8ppm
SG-1.025
Temp-78 degrees
i do water changes weekly 5 gallons
46g bowfront 50lbs lr 40lbs ls
oh and im feeding alot of different foods
nutrafin-marine complete food pellet,spirulina flakes dry
formula one,two flake
formula one,two,brine shrimp plus frozen
hikari-brine shrimp,ocean plankton freeze dried
seachem reef plus,kent zoe,and just purchased kent garlic gaurd to see if it would get him to eat but it didnt
 
rykna

rykna

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I have a pair of false percs. Their personal favorites are the cubes of brine shrimp and bloodworms. I also very their diet with mysis shrimp, however, they are very reluctant to feed on the mysis. I have never had any succes with feeding my salt water fish pellet food, flake food, and most turned up their noses at freeze dried food- I think due to the storing process it probably tastes weird and foreign to them.
Also ,I think this may be due to the way that they feed in the wild. In the ocean most food comes floating by in the current, not from above. Also if these are the type of pellets that sink to the aquarium bottom....note that clown fish are not bottom feeders.
Have you tried treating for internal parisites????
 
watson3

watson3

Active Member
Mine are almost the same way, but they have learned to sit at the opposite end of the tank so that when i put the food on top of the water it has time to get caught in the current, and floats by at their level..
 
bang guy

bang guy

Moderator
Clownfish are very territorial so it's normal for them to stress after being moved. Nothing to worry about. They'll eat when they're ready.
 
stickman

stickman

Member
ok i'll try the mysis shrimp tomorrow but tonight i'm gonna try the brine cubes hopefully they eat that. noticed today that they are eating pods :thinking: thought it was kinda weird. idk we'll see. i'll keep ya posted
 
djmx2002

djmx2002

Member
ya i also have one marron that was "forced" to be in the corner at the beging by the other marron so i make sure when i feed i place some food next to him so he eats.
the weird thing is that after the other marron forced him to the corner it comes back to him but he it not attacking him like he used to, but the smaller marron still don't come close to the big one....
 
stickman

stickman

Member
:joy: :joy: it seems as if they have come around! they eat just about everything in site!
thanks everyone for your input!
 
rykna

rykna

Active Member
:cheer: WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO.......awesoome. Yeah fish are a lot like kids...enventually they get hungry enough to eat anything. My five year old learned that lesson reeeeeeeaaaaaaaal fast. What's on the table is what you eat...if you don't eat then you get hungry.
 
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