Potters Angel Question

[irfisher]

Is my potters angel eating enough?
He picks at the rocks all day. He has also cleaned the tank of all hair algae and other algae on the rocks. He cleaned the plastic return pipes of all algae. The tank has never looked as good as it does now. I feed flakes, pellets, brine shrimp, mysids shrimp, angel/butterfly mix, conch, lobster eggs, various fish roe, nori sheets and clams and he never touches any of it. He only picks at the rocks. I have had him since Feb. He looks good and doesn't seem to be having any problems but it just seems like he should be eating more.
My tank is a 180 with 35 refugium, 200# live rock, various corals been up for a year. Any opinions are welcome.
Thanks

 

[iamwrasseman]

if he doesnt lose weight or look like his stomach is sunken then i would assume he is okay . he will probably run out of food to pick on so keep an eye on him as he should eat during feeding time like all the other fish .

 

[shaunt]

Have you tried putting the nori on the rocks? That has worked for me as apposed to putting in the clip.

 

[irfisher]

Finally the potters is eating pellets. It was a tip from a local fish store. She said put garlic in the food it sometimes helps. I thought it sounded crazy but I tried it. He picked at a few chunks of food and spit them out but it was the first I have seen him take any thing at all. After a few days of this he decided to eat pellets. He gulp down about ten of them and now seems to be ready to eat when its feeding time. Thanks for the tips.

 

[Sheol]

I wouldn't have worried, seems like he had plenty to graze on. Great news that he is now eating prepared (Flake) foods!

Matthew