New clownfish not eating well

[uscgbeachbum]

So i picked up a snow onyx and a phantom on Saturday for my QT/observation tank. I've tried to feed 3 times/day since I acclimated them. Day one I tried NLS 1mm Thera+A pellets and neither took any. I even tried to hydrate them for a few min. They would just spit it out. So I rush off to the LFS and they suggested frozen mysis. They didn't even try to eat any. Day 2 (Monday) I tried again. The snow onyx ate about 10 pellets throughout the day and the phantom had maybe 3. Day 3 (today) neither of them seem that hungry. The snow onyx ate 2 pellets and the phantom ate maybe 1/2 of one. They don't even attempt to eat the mysis.

I wouldn't say the fish were fat when I bought them, but definitely a nice healthy weight. I've ordered some cyclop eeze in the hopes that the phantom thinks the pellets are too big. Any other ideas? This is my first tank since taking a 6 year hiatus from the hobby. I NEVER had any issues with feeding before.

 

[MacWilliams]

Depending on the health of the fish they can go a while without eating. They may just be stressed from the move so i would just give them time to relax and they will be literally eating out of your hand in no time.

 

[iamborg]

starve them for a day or two and they will eat.

 

[gg1111]

Give it some time.. leave them in qt. Maybe try some massago (fish eggs) from an asian market. Its like a drug for most clowns! ! They can go without eating for many weeks. So don't move them to another tank, cuz it will further stress them out. Good luck