New Conspic Angel

[juuniz]

I just get my conspic around 8"..
she come in good health but currently haven't pick pellets or any food..

She's currently in my QT tank (150L)
water param: ammonia, nitrite 0, nitrate 10-15 ppm
PH 8.1
temp 25-27 degree

i already tried to feed her chunk of shrimp with selcon, but she only patrols around it..

Any suggestion??

here's the picture

Happy reefin

 

[cl2ysta1]

try some live foods. tigger pods. brine shrimp, see if movement gets her

 

[juuniz]

ok i'll try, actually she already have a look on those pellets but doesn't seem to interest that much..

sometimes i'm afraid using live shrimp, it might bring in parasite..

 

[ezcompany]

pellets are the least closest to the fish's natural food in the wild. at 8 inches, that is already a pretty good size so it will be more difficult to train it to feed. live is definitely where you should start if the fish fails to feed for the next few days

 

[blface]

Awesome speciman. Conspics are my favorite angel by far. Try some fresh clams on the half shell. It should do the trick.

 

[ccampbell57]

Try soaking sheets of nori or seaweed in garlic and place it in a lettuce clip or tie to a rock and place it in the tank.

I would also place some ghost shrimp in there to see if he reacts to anything.

Also, I would contact who sold you the fish to find out what they fed it.

IMHO - because of its size, this guy is just tweaked out and needs to acclimate. Once he does, you wont be able to drop something in the water and have it be around for a very long

 

[trueperc]

Check with you LSF and see if they have small peices of liverock with lots of sponge on it. Where I am a usually get a deal as most don't want these peices. I usually get this once a months. Most times its a yellow sponge. This is how I got my Moorish Idol and a few of my angels eating. Once they start eating off sponge on the rock start putting pellets and maybe frozen food or fresh seafood in and around the sponge on the rock. Just a suggestion. By the way beautiful angel.

 

[juuniz]

thank you..

i already tried with some nori soaked with entice but still a bit shy to eat... tried it and spat it out again..

hopefully will be eating soon..

she is fully aware of people..

 

[Terra Ferma]

Do you have access to live seaweed/caulerpa?

 

[eskymick]

Most fish can't resist the "wiggle" of live black worms.

 

[ezcompany]

if it is putting in food and spitting it out, there's a good chance it will start eating very soon, so i would take it as good news

 

[yoboyjdizz]

Awesome looking fish! If i had the money i would try to get one as well.

 

[Sheol]

Man, what a dream angel! I hope she starts eating soon. Good luck & great catch!

Matthew

 

[triggerfish1976]

Conspics especially larger specimans generally have a hard time adapting to captive life and usually refuse prepared foods early on.
It appears to be in a QT tank which is good. I would try feeding it fresh clams (the small ones available in most seafood sections) on a half shell. If the fish goes for these you can eventually start replacing the clam meat with mysis or frozen angelfish formula mushed into the shell. If the fish eats this then you can start trying to feed the fish these foods regularly.
I would be careful with feeding it live sponge since most of the sponges available are Atlantic and some can be toxic or difficult to metabolize by these fish.

 

[Jackc]

Conspiculatus Food

Conspiculatus Food

You might want to try,

- Live Mysis shrimp
- Fresh cut live snails (in small pieces)
- Fresh live algae
- any type of stony coral broken into small pieces
- live glass shrimp cut into 4 th
- live tube sponge cut into small pieces
- live 1/2 cracked clams
- (fresh / live) oysters

If the fish does not accept any of these foods. Try moving him to a well established reef tank and for go the QT. What's the point in QT the fish if he is just going to die from starvation.

Remember that the natural diet of these fish are algae eaters. They graze of sponge and stony corals. So I think the next course of action for you is to try some live Acropora and fresh sponge.

Also your Conspic is most likely a male. It has a elongated body shape.

Best of luck

 

[lesleybird]

I have tried taking frozen krill and put it on a small rock with a rubber band after peeling. Currently I am having the same problem with a Regal that won't eat......thought it could learn by watching the Majestic and the Scribbled angels but it doesn't. We went to the Chinese market tonight and got some live clams and split them open and the other fish went crazy, but not the 7 inch Regal. I also got some frozen squid there that have long tenticals that I will try tomorrow. I have had this poor fish for 5 weeks and it has not even touched live brine, frozen mysis, krill, pellets, flakes, red seaweed rubberbanded to a rock. All the other angels like all of these and gobble them down right in front of him. I figure he will most likely die soon from starvation. Good luck with your beautiful fish. Did you get him from the Divers Den?
Lesley

 

[juuniz]

thanks for all the recommendation..

i have try pellets (spectrum and formula one), chunk of shrimp and sheets of nori, but still refuse to eat much only try some and spat it out..

i'll get lettuce and live shrimp tomorrow..

i got it from taiwan supplier, it cost me a lot to land one to my country -_-

hopefully it will eat soon..

*it condition almost perfect no whitespot from day one..

 

[triggerfish1976]

Is it's belly pinched?

 

[just dave]

Take a frozen food cube that uses a gelatin like binder ( like Ocean Nutrition Formula I & II) ,slightly defrost it so it's pliable, smash it into the crevices of some rock and refreeze it slightly while on the rock ( so it becomes firm again), and place it into the tank.

 

[32flavors]

as far as the sponge goes... if it's on live rock from Marshall or Tonga, you should be ok....

Pods are a great idea... I was once cleaning tanks at work, and I moved a rock in with a Lemon Peel and pods starting scurrying everywhere--that fish went nuts picking at the pods.

Also with the nori... sometimes it appears more naturalto the fish if you cut it into strips and secure the clip between a couple of rocks on the bottom... worked wonderfully on a Golden Angel one time.

The best thing of all: CYCLOPEEZE, not as the actual food, but as an appetite stimulant. At work for the stubborn new arrivals, I put cyclopeeze in a minute before whatever I'm feeding and it often works very well.

Best of luck and congrats!!