Copperband now only eats mysis

[Octoberfest]

So I don't know if I spoiled this fish or what. When I first got it the fish was eating anything; pellets, flake, fresh chopped scallop/shrimp/fish...just about anything that I put in the tank.

For some reason now the only thing it will eat is frozen mysis. It looks at other food but won't pick it up or even make an attempt.

Any ideas on this one?

 

[iamwrasseman]

ummmmmmm , he like the mysis better . i have one that primarily eats mysis but also grazes on aptasia . he will eat the mysis only if i overfeed but i dont so he grazes on the aptasia during the day before i feed that tank . they are just like humans if they know that something better is coming then they will wait till it does . i bet if you stop feeding the mysis then he will start eating what ever is introduced within a few days .

 

[Octoberfest]

Yeah see that's what I was thinking but I went four days without adding mysis and he still wouldn't tough anything. At that point I was worried about it so I fed the mysis again. There aren't any aptasia that I've ever seen in this tank (knock on wood) but you never know. I guess I should just be happy that he eats.

 

[iamwrasseman]

they are basically carnivores so i wouldn't be concerned but you can soak your mysis in selcon or something comparable and that would certainly benefit him .

 

[d0ughb0y]

I wish I could get my copperband to eat pellets. he sure likes to eat mysis and brine. I also recently found out he like blood worms a lot (frozen cube), more than the mysis.

 

[mcdonaldjosh7]

If he only eats mysis that is good. Just the fact you have one that eats is fantasitic...

But if he stays away from your corals, and truely only eats mysis, you have lucked out

 

[jimroth]

Mine never ate pellets at all. Mostly PE Mysis is what she eats (2+ Years). Loves small aptasia. If you can get live blackworms, mine loves those, I get them weekly. If not, this is gonna sound funny, if you can find a skinny earthworm somewhere you know there have been no pesticides or other chemicals, you will be amazed. They know just what that is. I feed those if I happen upon them in the yard, occassionally.

 

[SDguy]

I'm not sure, but I would think something is wrong with the fish. I've never had a fish that ate all foods as described by the OP go down to just one food, unless they were sick, or being medicated.