force feeding

[Ninic Luka]

what are your thoughts on force feeding convict tang that has not eaten since monday he is 2inch in qt doesnt eat anything i tried everything

 

[Reefer5640]

Have you tried live food?

 

[GSnake]

he'll probably just spit it out if you manage to get it into this mouth. handling the fish with your bare hands can add stress too

 

[Ninic Luka]

Have you tried live food?

dont have acces to the tried live mysis he doesnt care. can do only baby brine

 

[ying yang]

Tube / Force Feeding Fish

This article describes methods of tube-feeding and force-feeding fish

www.reef2reef.com

Jay hemdal started a thread on about this

 

[BoneDoc]

2 days is not enough to panic yet. If the fish has some girth it can survive that. Did you see it eat when you bought it?

 

[GSnake]

some of my new fish i got (anthias, springer damsel) only seem to eat the tiny frozen mysis shrimp. they would ignore the brine shrimp, until months later. mysis, being high in protein is probably more appealing to finicky fish. you can also try chopped krill.

 

[Ninic Luka]

Tube / Force Feeding Fish

This article describes methods of tube-feeding and force-feeding fish

www.reef2reef.com

Jay hemdal started a thread on about this

thanks

 

[ying yang]

thanks

Very much welcome.i not read it in a bit but when did read it,was very insighful

 

[Reefer5640]

It’s a good article. Best of luck and let us know if you do it how it went. I’ve considers it a few times but never did.