Pink lined goby not earting.

I have a pink lined goby, not sure of the scientific name, it has bold pink lines on it's face, really thin pink lines on it's body, and a pink/orange dot on it's tailfin. I am having a problem getting it enough food. It is always hungry and tries to eat large pieces of food, but can't chew them up; it tries for over 5 minutes sometimes to chew up food and ends up spitting it out.Here is a list of what I've tried feeding it:

Formula 1
Mysis shrimp
Fresh clam
Fresh shrimp
Cyclops (won't really go after them)

Non of the other tank mates bother the goby. The goby is starting to look bad and I can't imagine it will last for more than a couple days like this. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Have you tried flake food? How small is this fish that it can't eat mysis?

 

it's about 3 inches long. Its size is not the problem. If i feed mysis, it will only grab the largest ones, sit there and chew on it for a few minutes, then spit it out. It is having trouble swallowing it seems. It does this with all foods. I will try flake tonight.

 

Sounds like a clown goby
does it look like this

Pic for Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums

these are very fussy eaters. Odds are he is eating but I would try a flake food for sure

J

 

hehe, that does fit the description, but is nowhere close. Here is a pic of the goby. This is when it looked healthy; it is very skinny right now.

I just tried flake food and it doesn't relly want much to do with it, I even tried to mix red flakes with red formula1 food, but it isn't fooling the goby at the moment.

 

Yup no where close LOL

J

 

Any update? Hows the guy doing?

 

You can try feeding the Reef Prime frozen food. It has a mix of all sorts of marine goodies. hmmm...seems this is an older post...Update?