What to feed clowns

[packisbak1]

I just picked up two Ocellaris clowns for my tank and bought some pellets to feed them. What is a good frozen food to supplement the pellets? Also, is it okay to feed them freeze dried foods like bloodworms or brine shrimp?

 

[skippy2]

I feed my Ocellaris a variety of frozen and flake food. Anything from Marine Cuisine to Emerald Entree. They especially love cyclop-eeze (frozen soaked in selcon).
Bloodworms are not for saltwater fish. They aren't nutritious enough. Frozen brine shrimp is the equivalent of feeding your fish ice cream. Tastes good but is of no value.

 

[packisbak1]

What about freeze dried mysis shrimp?

 

[LobsterMan]

I feed mine mysis shrimp, flake food, and frozen shrimp.

 

[Irvine Man]

I feed twice a day, sometimes three. Flake is the main diet with frozen thrown in every two days or so. Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef flakes, and Ocean Nutrition Brine Shrimp Plus flakes.

Frozen: H20 Life Coral Food frozen cube for the whole reef or Formula One. And the occasional mysis shrimp feast!

Keep it random, mix it up to keep them healthy and happy. Also helps coloration.

 

[kindafun]

I feed mine frozen cyclopeze and mysis. In another thread many people were recommending Rod's Food.

 

[kindafun]

Oh and it is yummy. From their site:

Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Brine, Krill, Mysis, Grouper (or perch), Red Nori, green Nori, Broccoli, carrot, Frozen red plankton, Golden pearl (7 sizes), DTs Oyster eggs, Selco, Fresh hatched brine, Freshly harvested rotifers.

 

[WDLV]

OSI flake, ocean nutrition flake, spectrapure pellet, PC Mysis, Formula 1 frozen, freeze dried and frozen cyclopeeze, frozen brine shrimp, just about anything really. "Variety is the spice of live" applies to clownfish too.

 

[kindafun]

... sorry, one more.

This page shows where you can get it.

I've not used this stuff, nor can I get it here other than through an online order.

 

[sruiz]

pemysis shrimp and spirulina algea flakes

 

[PayasoDelMar]

Rods food.