Getting a Potters to eat

[sdunkin]

I got a small Potters angel about 2 1/2 weeks ago, and it still isn't eating very well. It ate a little mysis at the LFS, and even though it is eating for me I would like to see it eating better. It will eat maybe a piece or 2 of most things that I put in the tank, and then not touch any more. It is constantly grazing on the rocks, so I purchased a piece of LR with some hair algae on it for it to graze on but I have yet to see him touching it.

I have tried thawed enriched brine, mysis, cyclops (all soaked in garlic), formula 1 & 2 pellets, prime reef flake, cyclopeeze granules, Marine S, Nori, and algae flake.

Is there anything else I could try?

 

[Toddrtrex]

Wish I could help more, but...

Mine started eating pretty much right after it was put in the tank. So far it eats, Rod's Food, LifeLive's Herbivore mix, Prime Reef, Angel formula, and Spectrum pellets.

 

[LargeAngels]

Some potters just need to graze on the rocks until they are ready to eat other foods.

 

[mrwilson]

I would try Rod's Food. There are a bunch of different things mixed in there - maybe he'll find something in there he likes. (Although I think the main issue is usually getting used to eating from the water column, rather than picking off the rocks.)

 

[fittiger]

How big is the potters?

 

[A sea K]

If there is plenty of LR to graze on and he is already eating small amounts of prepared foods you've pretty much got things beat.
Ive had mine for over a year and even though he comes running at diner time he only gets a small amount of food and sustains himself off the LR in the tank. I suspect yours will eat more as needed once he becomes fully comfortable with his new surroundings.

 

[sdunkin]

He is pretty small, maybe 2" long including his fins. I have about 40lbs of live rock in the tank, and he is pretty much constantly grazing on the rock (picking stuff off of it that I cannot even see). Even though I have only had him 2 1/2 weeks he is out most of the time, although he does usually hide when I first come up to the tank. I cannot tell that he is getting thinner, but it probably is still to early to be able to see it.

I will try to find someone local that is selling Rod's Food. There is a local guy that makes food very similar to Rod's, but so far he will not touch that either. I did pick up some Emerald Entree today, so I will try feeding that tonight.