why wont my yellow clown gobies eat! what do they eat?

[mr.clownfish]

i bought clown gobys about a weeks ago and until now they have not eaten. ive tired formula one and flake food, and zooplankton.the food just passes right by their little faces and they dont touch it. what do they eat? when will they start to eat?

 

[subielover]

What was the fish store feeding them?

 

[kwpgrooming]

Mine eats pretty much everything I feed. I feed a variety of frozen. Mine ate right away. Good luck.

 

[hollywooddiver]

Mysis. Also your fish has been eating you just don't see it. Your fish wouldn't not still be alive if it wasn't eating. Also at first, feed with the room lights off and dump the food in and remove yourself from the area. After a while you can start being around during feeding. My Clown "wasn't" eating when I first put him in, when in fact was eating the copepods in the tank at night. So if you want add some copepods to the tank aswell

 

[mr.clownfish]

Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2931864
What was the fish store feeding them?
they said formula one and brine shrimp. i dont have brine shrimp but i tried formula 1.

 

[nihoa]

our green clown took a couple weeks before it would feed regularily at feeding time. now it eats mysis, flakes, anything that goes into the tank. i think at first ours was intimidated by the other fish in the tank (no one was picking on him, he just seemed shy) but he slowly came around.
have you read online about getting garlic on the food to entice him to eat?