Anything i can do for a clown tang not willing to eat?

[alexx2208]

Hey guys

Ive been in the hobby for 5 years, and decided that i could take on a clown tang. Ive had him for about 2 months, and haven't seen him specifically eat any food ive fed, which includes nls pellets, flakes, nori, mysis, brine, and marine grazer rings. I think they only way hes survived until today is him eating the algae off the rocks.....

I have an algae scrubber in my other tank, and i made a ball and stuck it in the tank today, but ive been out, so ill have to see when i get back.

ive also tried garlic extreme, KZ amino and immun stabil..... im at a loss

and ideas guys?

 

[Dmorty217]

What's the water parameters? Specifically nitrates and phosphates? What about flow within the tank?

 

[alexx2208]

N&p are 10 and .10, sps is thriving. Minimum 40x flow. He's under 3" in my 50, once he grows abit, he's going into my 300

 

[pinnatus]

Try live blackworms.

I had the same issue with mine, he never ate aquarium foods. he lived maybe a couple of years on whatever he was eating off the rocks then died. I never did try blackworms as I did not know about them or where to get them back then.

 

[Dmorty217]

Keep trying mysis. I was able to get mine to eat it in 2 days time.He will fair much better in a 300g reef obviously. Did you treat him for anything while in QT? You could always TTM the tang and put him in the DT in 2 wks from the start of TT

 

[dominic]

break a clam open I had the same prob with a blueline angle
now east anything

 

[Winwood]

By no means don't give up on the fish, but I've always found CT's to be hit or miss when it comes to accepting food. I believe they are an extremely high energy fish that needs some reserves in the tank to make the transition. Unfortunately, because of their reasonable price tag, I don't believe they are given any special care when collected. For the record, I've had better luck with ones coming out of the Maldives than their Indo counterparts.