What exactly was it eating at the LFS? Try that.
I think that fish that are rock-pickers can satisfy their hunger enough with what they find on the live rock until they (a) eat everything off the rock that is palatable to them, and/or (b) figure out that even though frozen mysis doesn't taste as good as live amphipods, it does fill the belly. And your angel could well have eaten a bunch of nori.
If it was eating well at the LFS, I would just offer it food regularly until it gets comfortable in your tank.
Nice name for the starry, BTW
oo sorry about that wrasse
Nice pick ups in the new fish Any more photos?
if you are going to keep wrasses in quarantine it is imperative that the quarantine is up to the same standards of water quality as your main tank. Also lots of decorations (not just PVC pipe) is a good measure (fake corals, plastic plants, and the like) are a good idea as it will give the fish a sense of security.
Also it is not easy to locate a healthy lubbocks. They can originate from the Philippines and we all know what that means. If you find a healthy one however they are very easy to maintain in captivity unless they jump out of the tank or have a bad encounter with the return pump in the sump I speak from experience.
It spends most of its time picking at my rocks (i dont have any algae either...), and when i turn off my power heads to feed it is the first critter to climb in the powerhead and eat the algal film off from the parts.
Any ideas?
if you are going to keep wrasses in quarantine it is imperative that the quarantine is up to the same standards of water quality as your main tank. Also lots of decorations (not just PVC pipe) is a good measure (fake corals, plastic plants, and the like) are a good idea as it will give the fish a sense of security.
Also it is not easy to locate a healthy lubbocks. They can originate from the Philippines and we all know what that means. If you find a healthy one however they are very easy to maintain in captivity unless they jump out of the tank or have a bad encounter with the return pump in the sump I speak from experience.
I couldn't agree more...............I don't understand why people blame a properly set up QT tank when a new fish dies. You should thank your stars that this fish didn't kill or contaminate your display tank.
For the angel,try Nori & fresh seafood chopped to size(shrimp,clam,& scallops) If you still have that QT tank running I'd put it in there where you can concentrate on feeding it so the other fish aren't eating the food.
The fact he's sampling the food means he wants to eat but doesn't like the taste or texture of the food. That's another reason why I like a bare QT, if the fish is hungry, eventually he'll stop spitting out that food when there aren't tidbits on rock to prefer over the food.