Clowns not eating

HB Fisheye · Apr 8, 2019

About a week ago I added 2 domino clowns to my tank. They seems to be doing fine but they just wont eat anything. I've tried mysis, Rod's Original blend, and Full spectrum pellets. I've added drops of Kents Garlic Xtreme to all and still nothing. They seem to be interested but they don't eat. What else should I do?

Frtdrmrose7 · Apr 8, 2019

Did you QT the fish? Have they eaten at all since being in your tank? Do you have a QT you can setup?can you post pics of the fish?

HB Fisheye said:
About a week ago I added 2 domino clowns to my tank. They seems to be doing fine but they just wont eat anything. I've tried mysis, Rod's Original blend, and Full spectrum pellets. I've added drops of Kents Garlic Xtreme to all and still nothing. They seem to be interested but they don't eat. What else should I do?

wareagle · Apr 8, 2019

Test your water, mine didn't eat when I had ammonia in my qt tank.

HotRocks · Apr 8, 2019

wareagle said:
Test your water, mine didn't eat when I had ammonia in my qt tank.

This^

No fish will eat with ammonia present.

Are these the first additions to the tank? How new is the tank?

HB Fisheye · Apr 12, 2019

I've tested the water, no ammonia present. I did see one of them take a bit mysis last night, so maybe they're coming around. Fingers crossed.

HB Fisheye · Apr 12, 2019

HotRocks said:
This^

No fish will eat with ammonia present.

Are these the first additions to the tank? How new is the tank?

These are the second additions to the tank. The tank was running for a couple years. But it was taken down to move and has been running for about a month sense it was started up again.

ngoodermuth · Apr 12, 2019

Are they breathing heavy? Any spots or external markings? Scratching on rocks or substrate?

HB Fisheye · Apr 12, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Are they breathing heavy? Any spots or external markings? Scratching on rocks or substrate?

Haven't seen anything like that.

ngoodermuth · Apr 12, 2019

Are the clowns the only fish in the tank?

HB Fisheye · Apr 12, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Are the clowns the only fish in the tank?

No. I have another pair of clowns in the same tank. They are eating everything I put in.

ngoodermuth · Apr 12, 2019

HB Fisheye said:
No. I have another pair of clowns in the same tank. They are eating everything I put in.

Any aggression between the two pairs? What sized tank?

HB Fisheye · Apr 12, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Any aggression between the two pairs? What sized tank?

Not that I've witnessed. It's a 120 gallon.

ngoodermuth · Apr 12, 2019

HB Fisheye said:
Not that I've witnessed. It's a 120 gallon.

Hm... I would keep a close eye in the evening hours, close to lights out or just after. That’s when my fish like to bully each other, if they are going to...

Tank is pretty large though, what species are the other pair?

Maybe try some live black worms or baby brine to get them started?

HB Fisheye · Apr 13, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Hm... I would keep a close eye in the evening hours, close to lights out or just after. That’s when my fish like to bully each other, if they are going to...

Tank is pretty large though, what species are the other pair?

Maybe try some live black worms or baby brine to get them started?

I watched them when the lights were going down and after the lights were out. They all seemed to go their separate spots.
They are all ocellaris.
Thank you for the baby brine suggestion. I bought some and they seem very interested but haven't seen any major eating.