Feeding baby Black&Whites

[firebirdude]

I just bought two tiny baby black and white clowns from a fellow reefer who's clowns mated. They're not even the size of a quarter.

It's been about a week and I can only get them to eat one thing. Brine shrimp enriched with Spirulina. I've tried Mysis shrimp and they don't seem to like it nearly as much. They spit it out repeatedly until it all gets sucked into the overflow or settles in the tank. I also tried Spectrum Thera+A. Their mouths aren't even big enough to swallow one grain of it, so I crushed some up. Pretty much same story. They attack it because they're hungry, but never actually swallow anything.

It's nice that I have them eating at all. However I'd like them to have variety in their diet. Thoughts?

 

[dc]

You can get brine with omega3 also. I know when I first got my percs, I had to shave the food off the frozen cubes so they would eat. I did this for a couple weeks until they got bigger.

 

[NaClCrocodile]

I got some too. I think they're eating formula 1 for me, but there's so much of it floating around that they may just be spitting it out. Mine might be the size of a penny, lol. I'd also try cyclopeeze. I think that's what he said he was feeding them.

 

[firebirdude]

I got some too. I think they're eating formula 1 for me, but there's so much of it floating around that they may just be spitting it out. Mine might be the size of a penny, lol. I'd also try cyclopeeze. I think that's what he said he was feeding them.

hahaha You must be local to me.:lol:

 

[brich1027]

I would shave frozen for them as well, I also put some pellets into a pepper grinder for them

 

[NaClCrocodile]

hahaha You must be local to me.:lol:

Yep, did you see the parents? Those guys were black as night and the biggest clowns (other than maroons) that I've ever seen. Good genes I hope :dance:

 

[firebirdude]

I did. Got a frag of candy cane too. Great nano he has there.

He did mention cyclopeeze to me. The flake kind. I've used the frozen bar before.... kinda thought it was a pain in the butt. But I was attempting to use it for coral target feeding so I guess the flakes would have been a bad choice...

Anyway, maybe I'll pick some cyclopeeze up.