New Ocellaris clown not eating

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by nanomania, Sep 10, 2012.

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  1. skyvern2130

    skyvern2130 Stylophora

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    my clown did the same thing. i went out bought some frozen brine shrimp left the light off for 24 hours after that turned light on then just melted the brine shrimp and put it in a syringe and put about 1 ml every couple hours till i saw them start eating. i plan next time i have to buy food for them i plan on buying both krill and brine mixing them together and adding garlic juice them. thats just my plan. ik i propally spikes my nitrates buy adding so much food but after i saw them eating i did a 20% water change then started once a day then now its every other day just a suggestion idk if maybe i got lucky or if pumping so much food in there that it got them interested or what
     
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  3. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    Hey guys thanks for the replies..... i just recieved my cyclopeeze flakes and i crushed them ad added in the tank... they did start eating instantly...... But they are a bit picky as they dont touch the bigger flakes but will happily consume tiny 1z... guess they are lazy lol.... im planning to make diy garlic juice. any formula? my plan was to just crush them and then add to water and remove the juice..... i also bought Aquapharm - Sea plnakton, which im planning to mix with flakes. planning on to feed them once everyday as i just dont get time. and on weekends, 1c flaked soaked in garlic and 1c flakes soaked in sea plankton. Flakes will be only cyclopeeze. here is what i bought: AquaPharm
     
  4. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    It might sound silly but my cyclopeeze lid cracked when i was opening it. do i need to shift it to another container? whats the expeiry of it as its too big and might last a year or more...
     
  5. KDtrey5

    KDtrey5 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Brine shrimp is what your looking for. I had the same problem with my clown. He wouldn't eat for 7 days until I took a cube of brine shrimp from a friend. It isn't the most nutritional. So I like to mix with mysis, brine, rods food, and reef flakes all on sperate days. Feed brine shrimp until your clown gets very comfortable, then switch. For some reason my clown hates mysis but loves brine... weird. Hope this helps!
     
  6. nanomania

    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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    nanomania Vagabond Butterfly

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