Weaning: when a fish spits out food?

[Ebn]

1) Continue feeding whatever you've been feeding and hopes that it will finally switch over.

2) Forget it and just feed it whatever it will eat.

The fish in question is a Pseudanthias tuka (purple queen anthias). Picked 2 of them up awhile back and the larger of the two switched over to pellets and has put on some weight and girth, but the smaller one hasn't.

Tank is fed 8x a day with two Eheim feeder (one dispenses NLS small pellets and the other otohime S1/S2 mixture). The smaller tuka will only eat Nutramar ova and the finest particles from Rod's veggie frozen. I toss the ova in twice in the evening, but I can tell that it's been losing weight since when I first picked both of them up (~2 months ago).

 

[thelostrican]

well he is eating...most probably getting used to it...so keep trying what you feed the rest of the tank...and keep feeding what he eats...

i usually do that...

good luck

 

[LargeAngels]

Feed more often of whatever it is eating and start putting weight on. Some fish can be switched over, some can't or are more difficult.

 

[snorvich]

I agree with LargeAngels. But keep in mind the species in question is, at best, very difficult with a high mortality rate.