Just bought this Naso...What do you think??
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chilwil84
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soak some seaweed in garliq , pt some on a clip up high and rubberband some to a rock and put it on the bottom some fish can be skiddish in the begining about going to the top of the water. you can also soak some mysid shrimp and put them into a high flow area so it becomes scattered throughout the tank and it can eat where it feels comfortable.
aquaknight
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Contact the people you bought the Naso from. They have been feeding the Naso something (they insure the fish are eating something before they are posted on the WYSIWYG page). I believe they usually feed mysis. I would try that while you continue offering seaweed sheets. Sometimes putting the sheets on the clip isn't attractive to the fish, you'll need to rubberband the sheet to a rock in the tank to offer a more 'natural' presentation.
Also, is the fish in the display with other fish or in a QT alone (sure I missed it somewhere above)? If he's alone in QT, I would strongly consider running out to an LFS and getting a blue-green chromis to act as a 'dither fish.' I had a chromis in my QT when I first got my Naso and he learned to eat from the chromis. I recommend chromis because they are least aggressive, but good eaters available.
Also, is the fish in the display with other fish or in a QT alone (sure I missed it somewhere above)? If he's alone in QT, I would strongly consider running out to an LFS and getting a blue-green chromis to act as a 'dither fish.' I had a chromis in my QT when I first got my Naso and he learned to eat from the chromis. I recommend chromis because they are least aggressive, but good eaters available.
9supratt4
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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
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Contact the people you bought the Naso from. They have been feeding the Naso something (they insure the fish are eating something before they are posted on the WYSIWYG page). I believe they usually feed mysis. I would try that while you continue offering seaweed sheets. Sometimes putting the sheets on the clip isn't attractive to the fish, you'll need to rubberband the sheet to a rock in the tank to offer a more 'natural' presentation.
Also, is the fish in the display with other fish or in a QT alone (sure I missed it somewhere above)? If he's alone in QT, I would strongly consider running out to an LFS and getting a blue-green chromis to act as a 'dither fish.' I had a chromis in my QT when I first got my Naso and he learned to eat from the chromis. I recommend chromis because they are least aggressive, but good eaters available.
Thanks for that info!! I will definitely do that!!
It did eat a bit of Mysis tonight.....just not very much and it eats some of it then spits a quarter of it out. I also did put the seaweed on a rock and it was there for hours!!! I came back a few hours later and it was gone....not sure if it ate it or is got sucked up into the filter. I'm thinking about setting up a video camera tomorrow to see if it eats it.
And the Naso is in the QT alone....I never thought about that....I will have to go pick up a chromis tomorrow....I wanted to pick up new ones anyway....lol
http:///forum/post/3097394
Contact the people you bought the Naso from. They have been feeding the Naso something (they insure the fish are eating something before they are posted on the WYSIWYG page). I believe they usually feed mysis. I would try that while you continue offering seaweed sheets. Sometimes putting the sheets on the clip isn't attractive to the fish, you'll need to rubberband the sheet to a rock in the tank to offer a more 'natural' presentation.
Also, is the fish in the display with other fish or in a QT alone (sure I missed it somewhere above)? If he's alone in QT, I would strongly consider running out to an LFS and getting a blue-green chromis to act as a 'dither fish.' I had a chromis in my QT when I first got my Naso and he learned to eat from the chromis. I recommend chromis because they are least aggressive, but good eaters available.
Thanks for that info!! I will definitely do that!!
It did eat a bit of Mysis tonight.....just not very much and it eats some of it then spits a quarter of it out. I also did put the seaweed on a rock and it was there for hours!!! I came back a few hours later and it was gone....not sure if it ate it or is got sucked up into the filter. I'm thinking about setting up a video camera tomorrow to see if it eats it.
And the Naso is in the QT alone....I never thought about that....I will have to go pick up a chromis tomorrow....I wanted to pick up new ones anyway....lol
9supratt4
Active Member
Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3097394
Contact the people you bought the Naso from. They have been feeding the Naso something (they insure the fish are eating something before they are posted on the WYSIWYG page). I believe they usually feed mysis. I would try that while you continue offering seaweed sheets. Sometimes putting the sheets on the clip isn't attractive to the fish, you'll need to rubberband the sheet to a rock in the tank to offer a more 'natural' presentation.
Also, is the fish in the display with other fish or in a QT alone (sure I missed it somewhere above)? If he's alone in QT, I would strongly consider running out to an LFS and getting a blue-green chromis to act as a 'dither fish.' I had a chromis in my QT when I first got my Naso and he learned to eat from the chromis. I recommend chromis because they are least aggressive, but good eaters available.
I took your advice and called the place I bought it from....they were feeding a variety of food....frozen brine, frozen mysis, seaweed sheets and pellet food. I came to the conclusion with the help of the woman on the phone, that a 10 gallon QT is probably too small and causing the fish to be stressed and not eat.
I also did set up a camera and walk away.....after 3 hours of footage I saw it did eat the seaweed I put in there....so thats a good sign.
The fish was in QT for a week and I am pretty confident it does not have any diseases so I decided to add it to my DT. SO far so good and even eating seaweed off the clip now as it saw the others doing.....good idea with it learning from the other fish!! Thanks!!
http:///forum/post/3097394
Contact the people you bought the Naso from. They have been feeding the Naso something (they insure the fish are eating something before they are posted on the WYSIWYG page). I believe they usually feed mysis. I would try that while you continue offering seaweed sheets. Sometimes putting the sheets on the clip isn't attractive to the fish, you'll need to rubberband the sheet to a rock in the tank to offer a more 'natural' presentation.
Also, is the fish in the display with other fish or in a QT alone (sure I missed it somewhere above)? If he's alone in QT, I would strongly consider running out to an LFS and getting a blue-green chromis to act as a 'dither fish.' I had a chromis in my QT when I first got my Naso and he learned to eat from the chromis. I recommend chromis because they are least aggressive, but good eaters available.
I took your advice and called the place I bought it from....they were feeding a variety of food....frozen brine, frozen mysis, seaweed sheets and pellet food. I came to the conclusion with the help of the woman on the phone, that a 10 gallon QT is probably too small and causing the fish to be stressed and not eat.
I also did set up a camera and walk away.....after 3 hours of footage I saw it did eat the seaweed I put in there....so thats a good sign.
The fish was in QT for a week and I am pretty confident it does not have any diseases so I decided to add it to my DT. SO far so good and even eating seaweed off the clip now as it saw the others doing.....good idea with it learning from the other fish!! Thanks!!
aquaknight
Active Member
Great to hear, glad to help. Hopefully he makes a speedy recovery.
sean48183
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I went through hell trying to get my naso to eat. Didn't eat for 2 weeks and started to look skinny. I did the same thing and added it to the display. It still didn't eat well(Only formula 2 flakes for some reason.) Wouldn't touch the seaweed sheets even though my other fish were tearing up. So I tried turnip greens. He went mad for this as well as did my hippo tang. Both began to show great growth after feeding this stuff. My sailfin who is 5 years old and has grown about 5 inches in that time doesn't eat it and does not show the growth. I now feed it all the time. nori 2 times per day and turnip greens 2 times per day. Buy the turnip greens at the grocery store(usually about a dollar for a bushel), break in to small sheets, put in a ziploc bag and freeze it. Every time you feed just pull out a leaf and feed. The freezing process softens it up and makes it easier to digest. My Naso is 2 years old now and eats everything I put in the tank. Give it a shot and let me know how it goes.