How do you get a new anthia to eat?

[mrmustard]

I have had a bartlett for a bout a week now and he wont touch a thing. Mysis, mysid, brine, krill, nothin'. He looks to be doin just fine. But he's not eatin". Do they feed off phytoplankton? I read that in an earlier thread. Is that enough? Lemme know thanks!

 

[brad23]

I made sure mine eat at the LFS before I bought them

 

[SerranidTerror]

San Francisco Bay brand makes a frozen food called "plankton" kinda pinkish in color. Worth a shot right?

 

[reg828]

try formula one or two flake food and crushed it smaller. my anthias, dispar and tri color are crazy for the formula flake food.

 

[RichK]

I have to agree with reg828 on the flake food. Out of all the things my bartletts like to eat, they seem to go crazy for this flake food.

 

[SDguy]

And try soaking in selcon...they love it.

 

[Tusken]

sweetwater zooplankton

I just got some squarebacks saturday and they were just picking at everything I offered. I tossed in some sweetwater last night and they turned into sharks, racing my tangs to much it down as fast as they could.

 

[Reefmedic79]

Mine loved Frozen Cyclop-eeze and Sweetwater zooplankton.

The addition of more anthias will sometimes stimulate a response as well.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

Well if it's alone it will not do as well. Anthias are schooling fish and do much better in groups. If alone it might not eat.

 

[ezhoops]

yeah schooling fish, so it might help if he had a mate

also heard that throwing a few small guppies in there for them to chase after helps, never tried it though

 

[falconut]

Did you try live brine, if available. My single Male Lyretail would only eat the live brine for the 1st week. Then I started mixing frozen with the live. He eventually took to just frozen.

He stop eating for a couple days about a month later. So, I started up with the live brine. And that fixed it. He now eats Prime Reef, frozen Mysids, frozen brine & Sweetwater Zooplankton.

I've had him for over a year and he's been fine by himself. I'm not sure about a Bartlett, but I would try that if you haven't already and if it's available. HTH

 

[Bryan89]

I just purchased a 4" male Lyretail last week. He is the only Antias currently in my 400. He will eat anything except flakes. Try mysis shrimp (frozen or fresh), that is a favorite of his. He will swallow Prime Reef and Brine Shrimp plus flakes, but usually spits them out if any other food is available.

HTH

Bryan