Clownfish not eating

[Anemone12]

So i just bought a spawning pair of ocellaris clowns yesterday morning and they wont eat!!! I've never had a fish not eat in the first 24hours of me having them. And im about to go on vacation for 3 days! I've tried feeding mysis, brine, and pellet food and they just ignore it. The male ate a little piece of mysis but spit it out... So how long can they go without eating? All they do is chase their reflection. Im kind of getting worried.

 

[deangelr]

They can go weeks without eating, I wouldn't worry too much just yet.. Have you tried any live foods?

 

[davocean]

New clowns often do this, maybe ask LFS what they were feeding.
Mine didn't eat for days, when I first got them.

 

[Anemone12]

Got mine from a guy that breeds them.

 

[davocean]

Same here, just contact that breeder.

 

[Anemone12]

He said pellets and mysis... I already tried and nothing..

 

[davocean]

I wouldn't sweat it just yet.
Mine love NLS pellets more than anything else I've tried.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

NLS pellets are like fishy candy. My fish go nuts for them.

 

[davocean]

NLS pellets are like fishy candy. My fish go nuts for them.

They really do, to my surprise, I always assumed they would prefer frozen.
It's nice, I have an autofeeder that dispenses the pellets, so I don't sweat being away and it feeds my lyretail anthias in the day.