Cleaner Wrasse- Diet

[dsouza]

What is the proper food for a cleaner wrasse. I target feed him nthings like: brine, mysis, cyclopeze, sea veggies,and marine quizine. He eats but is terribly thin.

Dara

 

[Billybeau1]

The cleaner wrasse is a carnivore. Meaty foods like mysis and worms

This is a very difficult fish to keep in captivity. The sucess rate is very low. Many fish suppliers wont sell them for that reason.

That said, I've had mine for about 5 years. He eats fine and cleans the other fish regularly.

So just hang in there and hope for the best.

 

[jkmargerum]

I have had 3 cleaner wrasses in my tank for about a month and a half now. They won't eat any flake but they will eat the frozen meat and even pick at the veggie clip. I made sure when I got them that they would eat at the LFS.

 

[Steven Pro]

In the wild, 3/4's of their diet is gnathid isopods with the other 1/4 fish scales and mucus (things that come off with the parasitic isopods). They generally don't do well in captivity. I would offer it mysis, Cyclop-Eeze, Pacifica plankton, and bloodworms and hope for the best.

 

[dsouza]

Thankyou. He does eat most everything I feed the tank, but is still thin.

 

[Steven Pro]

If it is eating well, but still losing weight, you might want to try adding some garlic extract to its food as a deworming agent.