Misbar Black Clown Not Eating But Fat

[fazio92]

Hey everyone, I just got two black clowns the other day, one regular and one misbar. They seem to be doing great, but i cant get the misbar to eat, yet it looks fat and happy like the other one who eats like a pig. I am feeding frozen brine and cyclopeze. Any suggestions or reasons for why this is happening?

 

[fazio92]

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[Eldouble]

Keep trying different foods. I have a few pairs that are quite picky on what they will or will not eat. I have an arsenal of 8 different types of foods that I feed. But the 2 staples that they all will eat is floating betta pellets, and Hikari marine S pellets.

 

[fazio92]

Is there a reason why it is still fat/ non-malnurished looking though?

 

[Chelsey]

Are they captive bred? If not I'd imagine that the clown could be fat from eating in the wild and is currently using up its fat reserves.

 

[fazio92]

They are ORA

 

[fazio92]

Also, the one that doesn't eat always seems to be deficating or what i think is it doing, with usually a long white strand comming from it; breaking off once and a while.

 

[Cheebs]

White strands and lack of appetite might be a sign of something bad, I've seen other threads about that, you may be able to find them with soem searching. It may be parasite realted, but I'd keep trying to feed it different foods for now, it could just be normal excrement.

 

[fazio92]

Yeah i checked out the other threads and saw what they had to say, but mine doesn't exactly match up. The fish is very active, no sunken belly, have never seen it eat since last Saturday (day i got it), and the white strand is very thin and hardly noticable unless looked at hard. I have now tried betta pellets; which it went after the first one then spit it out never to go after another again, marine pellets, mysis, brine, and cyclopeze. I dont know whats up with this thing

 

[Eldouble]

I bought 5 ORA B&Ws and after a month, lost one. He did like you are saying... long white stringy poop, stopped eating. But he looked shrunken and sick only the last week before he died. 3 more of them are fine from the same tank, and the last one is fine in a different tank. Luck of the draw I guess.

 

[WDLV]

I would try the old faithful foods like blackworms or live brine shrimp. You could also add vitamin B12 to the tank. It is supposedly and appetite stimulant.
I would be concerned that the white strands in the poop could be intestinal worms. You might try some of the spectra medicated pellets. Or quarrantine the fish and treat them with a de-wormer.

 

[fazio92]

Thanks for the input everyone! Almost 2 weeks later, and the clowns are still alive!!! The white string has ceased and live brine was the trick a few days ago! I also picked up galic extract today becuase it still would not eat anything that wasn't alive; once it hit the water the fish went crazy, even eating the marine pellets!!! So, in other words the live brine kept the guy alive and the garlic extract is now making it easier for me to feed without having to worry about having a live stock of brine on hand!!! Thanks again

 

[WDLV]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for the update.