Feeding Black Saddle Filefish

[Terryz_]

Need some help in feeding my black saddle filefish... Been ignoring all the food i put in.. Mysis, Brine Shrimp, Clam in half shell, Wakame, pellets, rotifers and D-D H2Ocean Pro+ Reef Paste Food...

Anyone have experience with them?

Need some feedback and suggestion..

Thanks!!

 

[treylane]

How's (s)he doing? Every filefish I've had (including two blacksaddles) waited 3 days before taking frozen mysis, and it was smooth sailing from there.

 

[Terryz_]

No luck.. Lost it to starvation... Maybe it was starving at the LFS before I bought it home as it was there for weeks..
I kept a few filefish, all are eating pellets and mysis, the 2nd day.. Only this one gave me problem... I will grab the next one that come..

 

[rssjsb]

So sorry to hear this.

 

[pnavarro170]

i have 2 orangespotted filefish, as you know they are hard to get to eat. and the best food for them to get them to eat is nutrumar ova. awesome stuff

 

[Terryz_]

Yup, I have no problem with orange spotted.. I have a feeding pair right now, that is on mini pellets.. Just no luck with the black saddle, maybe I left it there at the LFS too long...

 

[treylane]

Were there any other fish in the tank with your blacksaddle? They like to observe what the other fish do, before jumping in and trying to steal everybody else's food.

 

[Terryz_]

It is in the tank with a smaller tassled filefish, no aggression, it is just very shy..