My Ocell Doesn't Appear to Be Eating

[quaos]

I just got an Aquacultured Ocell on Friday night. He was acclimated and only swims around the glass perimeter. He rarely goes to the lower half of the tank but I think that is because of my Yellowtail Damsel nipping him a few times. I don't see any physical damage but he is constantly swimming back and forth against the glass. I have fed flake and frozen mysis and I don't think he is eating. He grabs at particles in the water when I'm not feeding but I have no idea what they would be. I'm just wondering what to do or if anyone has had any expieriance like this.

 

[crt81]

I had recieved a Ocellarius stripeless clownfish and when I too brought him home he stayed to one top corner and didn't venture out and also didn't want to eat! He followed his reflection the entire time. He finally got comfortable and began to eat and venture out to the rest of the tank. And now he is crazy! He swimms super fast all over the tank. He's my favorite fish! :happyfish

 

[ice4ice]

Your Yellowtail damselfishes is being extremely territorial and he's keeping him away from his domain. The clown is going to get stressed and possibly starve as long as your damsel keeps nipping the clown. Try re-arranging your rockwork around. It will give both fishes a chance to establish new territories.
Once that's done, I think things will calm down abit.

 

[wellsfry]

My percula also behaved exactly the same way as you describe, and I also have a yellow fin damsel who nipped at him constantly when he went to one side of the tank. I tried to re-arrange my live rock, but the nipping just did not stop. after about a month of this behavior, I noticed that my perc. started to act strange, and his tail had many bite marks. He unfortunatelly died about three days after I noticed the tail. After I retreaved him from my tank, I noticed that he had VERY little tail left, and there were red "stripes" immediatelly behind the tail? I was upset with this happening to this friendly little fish, and since then, have been trying to catch the damsel(very hard to do!!), before I purchase another..........GOOD LUCK!