Maroon Clown not eating help

[alienhybridx]

i got a maroon clown yesterday morning acclimated it properly it was very active and i tried hand feeding it once it worked but it spat the food out ....i tried feeding flake/pellets/squid pieces and it either just doesn't eat or he bites and spits it out...its been a day since she has eaten ...anything i can do ? or is this normal ?

 

[alienhybridx]

should i get it mysis shrimp ? or some other frozen food to kick start it to eat ? im about to go to my lfs any help appreciated

 

[bigarn]

Frozen mysis shrimp is good .... I'd stay away from flake and pellets. He may very well just be getting used to the new environment so give him time.
I feed a mixture of mysis shrimp and cyclopeeze ..... they love it.

 

[alienhybridx]

my LFS was out of mysis shrimp so i bought brine shrimp...he ate all the brine shrimp i put in the tank within a few minutes...i also got formula 2 flake food and he doesn't seem to like it that much ...would formula 1 work ?

 

[alienhybridx]

i tried feeding it a small fresh piece of fish flesh it just spat it out....would the frozen shrimp i find at a supermarket work ? cut them up in small pieces maybe and feed it to her ?

 

[lmecher]

I feed my maroon a variety of foods. Mysis, rods, and pellets. I would stay away from brine shrimp it has a negligable nutritional value. If that is all it will eat continue to use only after you offer say mysis or pellets.
FYI I had the opposite problem when I first bought my maroon, it would only eat pellets. Good luck!

 

[ecooper]

My maroons are pigs and will eat anything! You just need to get him/her acclimated. However, it's certainly a good sign he/she is taking the food in his/her mouth. If it wasn't eating at all, I would be worried. I get the multi-variety frozen packs and rotate feeding. Good luck!

 

[ecooper]

Update? Is your clown eating now?