Fish not eating in Qt

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I have a flame hawkfish and foxface in Qt for ich.
Foxface is eating and looks to be doing OK.
The flame hawk sits in his hiding hole at the bottom and appears not eating much.
Giving them flake, pellets (the foxface eats both) I give frozen brine shrimp which the flame might come out for 1 or 2. I tried cockles today with no luck.
Next option?
 
Without any further information or pictures, and assuming that both fish are very healthy and happy, the next option is to try different foods, find out what it likes. Try things like Reef frenzy, frozen worms, roe, cyclops, mysis shrimp, live brine shrimp.
 
I would not worry too much about food in QT. The real killer in QT is ammonia, and throwing uneaten food in the tank will be an issue. Fish can go surprisingly long without much food. Try a variety of foods, sparingly.
 
Foxface need nori or food for herbivore so make sure you give him some.
I do not know anything about flame hawk.
 
Try some better foods.. mysis and LRS.
 
Foxface need nori or food for herbivore so make sure you give him some.
I do not know anything about flame hawk.
I put nori in and it went un eaten. The FF likes flakesnd pellets surprisingly.
He's not my concern.
Flame hawkfish seems to eat nothing. I even set video camera to watch
 
Gave mysis. Ignored it.
He prefers brine.

Hopfully he swaps to something better later. Brine isn’t healthy long term but whatever he will eat for now. I would mix mysis with brine and try and trick him.
 
Hopfully he swaps to something better later. Brine isn’t healthy long term but whatever he will eat for now. I would mix mysis with brine and try and trick him.
Have mixed.
In DT he eats both. Seems to have become fussy in QT.
 

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