Canary Blenny/Goby Feeding ?

[SaguaroSteve]

Hey folks,
So I've had my canary blenny and wheeler's shrimp goby for 3 days now. I haven't seen them eat a thing and I'm beginning to worry about starving them. I'm using formula one pellets which the LFS uses as well as mysis shrimp and the blenny doesn't touch them. Maybe the goby gets the left overs at night, but I'm beginning to think he's getting hungry as he's nearly a half a foot outside of his den which is really rare....suggestions?

 

[velvetelvis]

I'd try cyclopeez. It's the perfect size for the blenny's tiny mouth (they're planktivores in the wild). My fish and inverts go bananas as soon as it hits the water. Well-rinsed mysis shrimp would also be a good bet.

 

[Fish Biscuit]

I feed my tailspot blenny formula 2 flakes & he took to it right away. The goby will eat them too, but I didn't see the goby for almost the first 2 weeks after I got it.

I feed a rotation of frozen food, mysis, prime reef, and san francisco multi pack. The fish don't touch the squid but will eat everything else.

 

[SaguaroSteve]

I feed my tailspot blenny formula 2 flakes & he took to it right away. The goby will eat them too, but I didn't see the goby for almost the first 2 weeks after I got it.

I feed a rotation of frozen food, mysis, prime reef, and san francisco multi pack. The fish don't touch the squid but will eat everything else.

Maybe that's my problem then feeding formula one rather than two...

 

[Fish Biscuit]

I would try the formula 2 flakes and grind them up really small in your fingers. Tailspots can only eat what they can swallow whole and that could be the case with the canary as well.