Clownfish?!?!

I have had this new false percula for about 4 days and now that my larger clownfish lets him out of hiding without hurting him she wont eat. The new one will. But now the big one wont. Is she just letting him get all the food. Has anyone heard of anything like that?

 

my clowns usually go nuts for food always.. i would be worried.. did you switch the type of food?

 

Your old clown may be going through some shock. How many days has it been since the older clown ate, have you tried target feeding? What are you feeding her?

 

its been since yesterday morning. She ate the day before that, but she hasn't been eating her regular pellet food. The last thing she ate was some brine shrimp when i was feeding the anemone and coral. I feed her tetra marine saltwater pellet. She usually eats a lot, and only the red ones, not the brown (weird). But since she let the false perc come out from behind the rock, she just hasnt eaten. She is a fatty so im not too worried, but i just want my fish to eat.

 

Switch to a variety of high quality frozen foods. They are better in many ways and will probably be more appealing to finicky fish

 

yep! feed flake and pellet to stuff you'll feed to your fish!

 

What? i don't understand this. i don't feed my coral pellet or flake if that what you meant.

I thought brine shrimp were good? What kind of food do u guys feed? i don't know, my clown fish has never had a problem eating. She started eating the day i brought her home, and never stopped. Until now :-/

 

If its brine, you have to make sure that it is fortified or gut loaded. Plain brine doesn't have much nutritional value. Mysis is also very good. Also, some of the various frozen algae foods.
Have you tried adding any garlic?

 

I havnt tried garlic. I was going to feed everything again tomorrow so, if she doesnt eat, Ill try adding some garlic. Ill look into the brine shrimp Im using. Ill also look into some mysis. Do u use any flake food?

 

I used a mixed amount of food. I use flake food form.1 and 2 (otherwise they might not eat while I'm gone on vacation and have feeders set up)...otherwise neighbor would OVERFEED them.

I feed frozen (several different varieties) about 3 times a week. I also mix in garlic with all types of food 3-4 times a week. It has helped. She may be more interested in her new buddy. Mine got moved into a new tank and they are hesitant on going to the top to eat and are watching other new fish more than eating. They can go several days with no food, and be fine....but there will be a reason why ...mine are nervous because of the dreaded net and hand in corals they weren't used to.