Cannot get Royal Gramma to gain weight

[ps2cho]

I am wondering if I am still not feeding enough? She was fine for 2 years.

I went on my honeymoon. I instructed to feed all over the tank because the 2 clowns steal a lot of food. I came home after 2 weeks and the RG was scary skin and bones.

I've fed every day for 2 months now, and she is still really thin, although a little better.

The tank has 2 full size clowns and the RG. I feed 1/2 cube of frozen per day. Is this not enough for these 3 fish? I let it thaw first so it spreads around the tank. If I drop it in frozen, the clowns just grab it and eat it before the RG gets any.

 

[Ocelaris]

That doesn't sound like a lot if you have competition. I have a dozen fish in my 110, and I feed three times a day day with pellets and twice with 2 cubes or black worms when I get home in the evening. But I also am trying to keep my nitrates and phosphates up for the corals. If you don't have an algae problem I would feed more.

 

[ps2cho]

Ok I will increase to 1 cube maybe 2 days in a row, then take a day off, so that'll work out to be about an extra 33% food. I have some algae, but keeping the fish alive is probably more important.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Most small reef fish are better suited to have a few small meals a day rather than 1 bigger meal. If you were to take the one full cube and break it up to feed 3x's a day tou will find the gramma will put on wait in no time.