Rhinopias Fish

[crazyfishowner]

Hello. I am very new to fish and the main reason I purchased a saltwater tank was because I fell in love with the Rhinopias fish. I purchased him and he has been doing fine but I added a second one along with an Angler and now neither of the Rhino's seem to want to eat. The orginal will occasionally but the second one hardly ever. I have tried silver sides but the second one just walks away. I finally tried some of those little live shrimps and he was happy to eat those but I can't keep feeding him those because I don't live near a store that sells them. I am afraid my fish are going to starve...any suggesitons?
Thanks

 

[OodleyBoodely]

Use a feeding tube or tongs and train them to take the live shrimp from the tongs or tube. Get them used to grabbing the live ones first, then offer frozen and train them to take the foods you want them to eat. It may take time and there is no guarantee your fish will accept non-living, but, this can work well so long as the fish are willing to eat at all. Good luck!

 

[snorvich]

Try damsels.

 

[BBraker]

Assuming that everything is o.k. with tank and the fish (but fish that have been feeding well and suddenly stop usually have some problem)....

Try getting it feeding regularly on live feeder fish like guppies or rosy reds. Then, get it hitting freshly dead feeder fish. Then, get it feeding on freshly dead fish on a feeding stick made from rigid airline tubing and heavy mono line. At this point, you should be able to put just about any reasonable food on the end of the stick. Total time for the process is about six weeks, assuming you are feeding it every couple of days.

Bill