New clowns not eating...

[mccarty30]

I got 4 new clowns 3 days ago. I have tried feeding them flake as recommended by seller and they won't eat it. What else can i feed them? Any recommendations?

Heres a few shot of them

 

[cschweitzer]

Frozen foods with selcon and garlic extreme. Mysis is a preferred choice by clowns and their owners alike.

What is that spot on the one in the bottom left?

 

[mccarty30]

Not sure didn't notice that til you just mentioned it. I just checked him out and there's nothing there now. I'll watch them. I know one has a scratch on it I'm watching it close also.

 

[mccarty30]

The one with the scratch on it died any ideas on what this is or what i can do to start treting these guys?

 

[Slakker]

No clue about the scratch...but if history tells us anything you're probably going to have at least one more death, if not two.

Having more than two clowns in less than 200 gallons is incredibly dangerous in captivity, and will often end with the dominant female and male killing the others, and sometimes even one or both of the pair ends up dead.



It could be any number of things that caused the death of your fish. Did you QT these fish before adding them to your display tank? Without knowing anything more about your fish it's tough to say...was it breathing heavily? Did it have any unusual growths on it? Were the eyes cloudy?

 

[shiftyfatdwarf]

try feeding them krill i have yet to find a fish that didn't like frozen krill. i don't know anything about what is killing them though. sry

 

[RedSoxReefer]

that happened to me when i bought my clowns, they didnt eat for 3 days then they were fine after that

 

[Radiography14]

YOU MIGHT HAVE VELVET IN YOUR WATER FROM YOUR ROCKS POSSIBLY. IT CANT BE TESTED BUT ITS A POSSIBILITY