New Fish wont eat

[srfisher17]

Originally Posted by mjm889
http:///forum/post/3187303
thanks, i feed my other fish, frozen mysis shrimp brine shrimp flake, pellets algae sheets so hopefully she start eating some of these foods
....and include some meaty seafood items from the grocery store; shrimp, squid, scallop, etc. Just keep some cut-up in the freezer. triggers are big carnivores and need this sort of food. Also, I'd add a vitamin to your list, like Selcon. Just soak the pellets in it once in a while.

 

[mjm889]

sweet thanks, i have frozen krill and mysis shrimp, i notice that she like big chunks of food should throw the whole cube in or just let in thaw and only add some through a turkey baster like i have been doing. she show lot of interest in the food but not like when i throw a jumbo krill in she attacks it like crazy!

 

[srfisher17]

Originally Posted by mjm889
http:///forum/post/3187621
sweet thanks, i have frozen krill and mysis shrimp, i notice that she like big chunks of food should throw the whole cube in or just let in thaw and only add some through a turkey baster like i have been doing. she show lot of interest in the food but not like when i throw a jumbo krill in she attacks it like crazy!
Never feed food that isn't at least room temp.

 

[mony97]

Just curious why should the food be room temp? For it to thaw do you just place it out during the day or do you put it in the refrigerator and let it thaw there?

 

[srfisher17]

Originally Posted by mony97
http:///forum/post/3188582
Just curious why should the food be room temp? For it to thaw do you just place it out during the day or do you put it in the refrigerator and let it thaw there?
I don't know for sure; but common sense tells me that a cold-blooded fish, that has never eaten anything that wasn't about the same temp as its body temp, would get a real system shock if it swallowed a frozen chunk of anything. I just thaw food in a cup of tank water. I never defrost more than I'm feeding, so defrosting just takes a few mins. If you want to add vitamins, just put the vitamins and food in a cup. How much frozen food are you planning to defrost at once?

 

[mony97]

Not that much, just as you had stated enough for feeding. I was just curious on how you thawed even that little bit but I guess I could have figured it was somthing simple.

 

[mjm889]

she is doing great now, eats everything i put in the tank, flake food pellets, brine shrimp, krill, etc etc etc, it just nice to see fish come around like that, good luck to all and thanks for all the tips

 

[rcreations]

I'm glad she's eating but I think you should change her diet a little. Triggers can't live a healthy life on brine, mysis, freeze dried or krill in general. They need some meaty food in their diet... raw shrimp you buy from the grocery store, squid, clams, scalops. These are human grade foods from the grocery store, not from the pet store. Give these at least a couple of times a week, along with the other stuff you feed your tank.

 

[mjm889]

sweet thanks

 

[mjm889]

she loves the shrimp n calms, rips them to pieces