Clowns wont eat

[reefer5060]

I Just got a new set of clowns, after my other ones , got ick and..... but i got them in the tanlk yesterday and the still havent eaten anything , should i be worried?? Any suggestions on how to get them to eat ? I bought them from frishboy43 (matt)

 

[Mikeyjer]

Feed them frozen bar of cyclopeeze, that should do the trick. When I bought mine from Matt, they wouldn't eat anything either until I bought cyclopeeze, it works like a charm. Now, they eat anything......

 

[crumbletop]

I'm pretty sure Matt makes sure they are eating some flake before he sells them. They also love frozen Cyclop-eeze. Make sure your tank isn't too bright for them and that there aren't a lot of sudden movements of people around the tank. You can shade off a section with some paper for a few days to give them a quiet place to hang out. Also, don't go overboard on the food. Feed them on a schedule and don't feed too much. Give 'em a few days and I'll bet they start eating.

 

[Angela Short]

If your other fish died on Sep. 17th the night you posted they were sick and got the new clowns in Sunday night the 8th that is only 3 weeks fallow at the most.... The tank may very likely still be harboring Ick. It definetly is if there was any fish left in the tank. I hope you have a sponge filter or some other form of bio going to pull for a hospital tank treatment if the worse happens . I know Matt feeds cyclopezz powder so I would try that since you are in a dorm and freezer space is tiny if you have a fridge!

 

[reefer5060]

I took everything out and treated it for ick fish in one tank, inverts in another ect needless to day that there was alot of tupperware in my small dorm room.

 

[Angela Short]

FUN!

 

[Fishboy42]

Glad to hear you got them home ok. I agree, give them a few days (they should eat almost anything they can fit in their mouths), but if you'd like to try some foods to get them to eat, here's a partial list of things that your pair have eaten before (Like crumbletop says I try to give them a variety of things for health and so they eat whatever they are offered when they move to other tanks):

small PE mysis
cyclop-eeze (like Angela says, I use the powder)
frozen enriched brine
frozen formula foods (ocean nutrition and homemade)
new-life spectrum
vibragro
marinegro
otohime

I'm not a big fan of flake foods (and neither are the fish!), but they should eat most any "crumble" diet. Hope this helps!

Matt