Fish doesn't eat!!!!!how?

[tobuff]

I just bought 2 new percular. And, I just add them to the tank yesterday. They don't eat any food that I fed into the tank. But, they eat the foods when they are still at the shop before i bought. When they are in my tanks, they don't eat. What is the problem?.

Also, they seem to swim around the edges of the whole tank non-stop.

 

[tobuff]

Plz help!!!....any recommendation?

 

[ServantSoldier]

they are just getting used to their new home. They will be fine without food for a couple of days. Just introduce some mysis everyday.. they will eat.

 

[Burbs]

try adding garlic to the food. that usually gets fish to eat.

 

[tobuff]

thanks a lot for the information. anyway, what is mysis?...and fresh garlic?...add fresh garlic...?...

 

[Burbs]

u can add fresh garlic, but just the garlic juice is needed. You can also buy garlic made for fish food additives like Garlic Guard by Seachem and Garlic Extreme by kent. I use the Garlic guard cause is has other vitamins in it.

 

[Burbs]

mysis is a type of small shrimp, LFS usually carries it in frozen cubes or flat pack

 

[thi7b]

I like to feed all my new fish w/ kent garlic xtreme in brine or mysis shrimp. Also give them time in their new enviroment.

 

[trigger05]

just give them time,
all new fish take a few days to acclimate to their new home

 

[Aquarist007]

try to get into a habit of quarantining all new fish and inverts before adding them to the main tank
This allow you to observe for diseases but also gives a less stress environment to get difficult feeders to eat

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11630450#post11630450 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Burbs
mysis is a type of small shrimp, LFS usually carries it in frozen cubes or flat pack

remember to rinse all frozen food with r/o water before using---they can pick up phosphates and nitrates from their breeding tank water---and these are the fuel for algae

 

[tmz]

What other fish do you have in ther? How are the other fish if any doing?