My new Blue Line Angelfish

[hdpt73]

Hey guys,
I recently bought a 4-4.5" Blue Line Angel. I've never seen the guy eat anything since I bought him. I have tried, live black worms, frozen Mysis, krill, fish eggs, smelt, opened clams. There's no bullying except the occasional flash from my yellow tang and regal angel. The does swim the tank freely. I've seen him decimate my wilsoni and pick at spaghetti worms and he's not skinny. Any ideas except give it more time and keep pouring everything in your tank? By the way, he's a beautiful fish and worth the price tag (if he eats).

 

[Dmorty217]

Have long have you had her?

 

[hdpt73]

Have long have you had her?

I've had her for 2 weeks

 

[Dmorty217]

Hasn't eaten in that time? Where did she come from? LFS or online?

 

[hdpt73]

Hasn't eaten in that time? Where did she come from? LFS or online?

I bought it from a LFS. I bought it the day after it came in from the distributor.

 

[Dmorty217]

So you never saw her eat then I take it?

 

[MrCaveman]

That's a beautiful fish, Id love to have one someday. Hopefully she stays healthy. Have you tried spirulina brine? That's usually one of the first foods new fish eat that I give them.

 

[nonstopfishies]

I would do live brine despite it's nutritional deficiency. Get her eating out of the water column and from there you should be good to go with time.

 

[93Foxstang]

My blue line didn't eat for first week then started eating spirulina brine shrimp and flake. Still won't eat pe mysis but will eat small hikari mysis

 

[SDguy]

Keep trying what you've been trying... it may take some time, especially if he has tasty corals to eat in there

 

[hdpt73]

I would do live brine despite it's nutritional deficiency. Get her eating out of the water column and from there you should be good to go with time.

Those are great suggestions, I'm going to locate some live brine and frozen tomorrow. Will keep this thread updated! thanks

 

[alprazo]

You need to pull the fish from your tank and place it into a QT. There you can easily monitor its diet and feeding habits. It needs to be readied for flake, pellet, lettuce, etc before the display - not to mention disease. Also forget this fish that is new and has no guarantee of survivability, you have risked every other well established fish in the tank. Hopefully the tank is fishless, but if not, that it came in clean because it is too late on the disease end things. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but it is so vitally important to QT.

 

[snorvich]

You need to pull the fish from your tank and place it into a QT. There you can easily monitor its diet and feeding habits. It needs to be readied for flake, pellet, lettuce, etc before the display - not to mention disease. Also forget this fish that is new and has no guarantee of survivability, you have risked every other well established fish in the tank. Hopefully the tank is fishless, but if not, that it came in clean because it is too late on the disease end things. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but it is so vitally important to QT.

I agree in all regards with the above.

 

[jjk_reef00]

Also try nori, chopped raw shrimp, chopped raw scallops.