tonyespinoza
Premium Member
So I've had a 2" Ocellaris for a few weeks.
He didn't eat the first day or two. Then on began taking a couple of frozen (PE brand) mysis shrimp daily. (I thaw them beforehand and also chop the heads off since my fish have tended to spit out the heads anyway).
He was fine for a couple weeks. Even anxiously swimming up to my fingers. In sharp contrast to my cowfish (separate tank, only 1.5" long), this clown would never eat more than a few shrimp.
Then a few days ago he stopped taking the mysis. He hardly seems interested in it, but will eventually swim over, put it in his mouth and spit it out immediately. I've tried finely chopped table shrimp, flake food, frozen green algae, and nori (just cause i had some). I've also tried the mysis with selcon.
Doesn't look sick apart from the fact that he's a little more shy than before. If anything he seems focused on "hosting" the Tunze skimmer... and isn't exploring as much. Any thoughts?
37g tank is 8 weeks old.
~25lb of live rock
bare bottom
1 large GSP colony
3 snails
coraline growing steadily
Tunze 9005 skimmer
Tunze 3166 mech filter
Tunze Osmolator ATO
Tunze 6055 alternating on lowest setting
Viper 150W HQI, 14K
Ammonia & NO2: 0 ppm (Salifert)
pH: 8.3 (Salifert)
Alk: 8.2 dKH (LaMotte)
Ca: 273 ppm (LaMotte) -- i know this is low
Dissolved O2: 8 (forget the units -- Salifert)
He didn't eat the first day or two. Then on began taking a couple of frozen (PE brand) mysis shrimp daily. (I thaw them beforehand and also chop the heads off since my fish have tended to spit out the heads anyway).
He was fine for a couple weeks. Even anxiously swimming up to my fingers. In sharp contrast to my cowfish (separate tank, only 1.5" long), this clown would never eat more than a few shrimp.
Then a few days ago he stopped taking the mysis. He hardly seems interested in it, but will eventually swim over, put it in his mouth and spit it out immediately. I've tried finely chopped table shrimp, flake food, frozen green algae, and nori (just cause i had some). I've also tried the mysis with selcon.
Doesn't look sick apart from the fact that he's a little more shy than before. If anything he seems focused on "hosting" the Tunze skimmer... and isn't exploring as much. Any thoughts?
37g tank is 8 weeks old.
~25lb of live rock
bare bottom
1 large GSP colony
3 snails
coraline growing steadily
Tunze 9005 skimmer
Tunze 3166 mech filter
Tunze Osmolator ATO
Tunze 6055 alternating on lowest setting
Viper 150W HQI, 14K
Ammonia & NO2: 0 ppm (Salifert)
pH: 8.3 (Salifert)
Alk: 8.2 dKH (LaMotte)
Ca: 273 ppm (LaMotte) -- i know this is low
Dissolved O2: 8 (forget the units -- Salifert)
