Best Fish Food for Clowns??

[highseraphim]

Hello I recently purchased two clowns and they are not eating the shrimp pellets I bought. Also the flipp'n cleaner shrimp keeps stealing the food. What should I do? What should I feed them?

Thanks
Jeff

 

[cyclops23]

i'm no expert, but i feed mainly frozen. mysis, emerald entree, spirulina brine shrimp, cyclopleeze. my clown devours everything i put in the tank. i also feed Bio-Blend pellets once in a while. if you try frozen, make sure you rinse it before you put it in the tank.

 

[everl0ng]

i feed mine the frozen brine/mysis shrimp cubes. he goes nuts when i drop some into the tank. i also crumble up the formula one flakes. i like to take a small cup and get a little bit of tank water in it. i then add some pieces of frozen cubes, formula one flakes and then a couple drops of the garlic Xtreme. i let that soak for a few minutes and then dump it into the tank. they seem to go crazy for the mix.

 

[divecj5]

I agree with everl0ng. My false percs were picky eaters as well when I first got them and they pretty well tested my nerves as far as feeding all sorts of things. After a lot of trial and error, I now alternate between feeding flake (that I crush up and let soak in Selcon), zooplankton (get a small pipette full), and Reef Complete frozen cubes (let thaw in Selcon for about 10 minutes). I used to just dump it all in there but now I just add a little bit at a time and make sure that they eat it all before it all collects on the bottom.

I still haven't got them to eat pellets but I'm sure they will at some point once I add another fish or two and competition increases

Hope that helps.

Adam

 

[divecj5]

Oh yeah, don't be surprised if they act like they can eat every minute of the day Mine act like they are starved or something.

 

[bman2221]

I alternate formula 1 flake and frozen Mysis shrimp.

 

[geekreef_05]

try frozen foods or flake foods.

my clowns dont tend to eat the pellets either.

 

[Andrew]

My tomato and true percula go nuts over just about anything. Flake, pellets, frozen, and cocktail shrimp.

 

[itz frank]

Frozen mysis seem to be best for them. But i have alternating mixes. Mysis with reef bugs in the morning and mysis with cyclopleeze at night. I also mix different veggies for the tangs.

 

[MimicTang]

mysis and mysis. 1 of mine doesnt like brine