Getting Juvenile clowns to eat other than baby brine

[scyphozoa]

Anyone have any suggestions on how to convert 20-40 day old skunk clowns to foods other than baby brine? (Unfortunately I started a little late in trying to offer a variety of foods with the two groups of babies I currently have.) The only thing they attempt to try so far has been Otohime but I think only about 10% of the group actually ingest it. I am reluctant to hold back on feeding the brine in fear I may loose some babies to starvation---how long can they go without it?

 

[David M]

Yea they should have been on oto weeks ago, at this point they are spoiled rotten I'd offer frozen cyclops-eze, they should like that. Also you could try grated frozen table shrimp ala Martin Moe. Beware of rapidly degrading WQ if you do the shrimp. I'd feed the oto and any experimantal foods first, wait 30 minutes or so and then feed the bbs just to make sure they all eating. Which size of otohime are you trying? Maybe the particles are too big? ( should have oto "A" ).

 

[clownfish75]

im with david on this one, try a variety of moist/frozen feeds, and mix it up with some dry granular food of a suitable size, im yet to starve my babies even when i dont feed them dry food soon enough.

Christian