Help! Clownfish won't eat.

[cgdcinc]

I have also had a new clown not eat for almost a week after introducing them to my tank. Some just won't eat while adjusting.

 

[Sirduckington]

Well I found 1 clownfish dead so im returning another one to the store.

 

[40B Knasty]

What is your nitrates in your tank? Do you have .000 TDS? Mine loves flakes! Frozen mysis, brine, blood worms, and scallops from the grocery store. How big are they? I cut the frozen cubes into 4s. Feed them a 1/4 of the cube.

 

[Reef man 89]

How new is the tank? What's your ammoina and nitrites at? Also I got 2 clown and mine didn't eat for a week and a half they need to get use to there new home

 

[Sirduckington]

How new is the tank? What's your ammoina and nitrites at? Also I got 2 clown and mine didn't eat for a week and a half they need to get use to there new home

0 ammonia
0 nitrites

 

[Sirduckington]

0 ammonia
0 nitrites

Tank was a few weeks old.

 

[Fishgeek88]

Did you cycle the tank? a few weeks old it should be in the middle of a cycle, probably why the clowns did not eat/died

 

[Sirduckington]

Did you cycle the tank? a few weeks old it should be in the middle of a cycle, probably why the clowns did not eat/died

The tank was fully cycled.

 

[c.poindexter]

Can you purchase Nutramar Ova anywhere near you. I have had great luck with fish eating this and nothing else at the time.

 

[Sirduckington]

Can you purchase Nutramar Ova anywhere near you. I have had great luck with fish eating this and nothing else at the time.

I ordered 2 bottles of bio spira. What is nutramar ova?

 

[c.poindexter]

It is prawn(kind of a large shrimp) eggs. I know that Marine Depot sales them but then you have to deal with shipping.

 

[Sirduckington]

It is prawn(kind of a large shrimp) eggs. I know that Marine Depot sales them but then you have to deal with shipping.

I offered frozen mysis and brine, I would be surprised if a clownfish would be more likely to eat prawn eggs then mysis or brine.

 

[c.poindexter]

My clowns go for it everytome I toss a small piece in there.

That they may not but every picky fish I have owned never turned them down. Mandarins, butterfly, started a copperband on it to introduce mysis. You can read several reviews on how well it worked for finicky fish. I was just throwing out a possibility, but would not pay the expense for it if I couldn't get I locally.

I hope that they start to eat something. Best of luck.

 

[Sirduckington]

My clowns go for it everytome I toss a small piece in there.

That they may not but every picky fish I have owned never turned them down. Mandarins, butterfly, started a copperband on it to introduce mysis. You can read several reviews on how well it worked for finicky fish. I was just throwing out a possibility, but would not pay the expense for it if I couldn't get I locally.

I hope that they start to eat something. Best of luck.

Oh well one died and I returned the other one to the store.

 

[fishkeeper2]

What are your water parameters? Sounds like the fish are agitated by the water conditions and therefore not focused on eating.

Clownfish should gobble up mysis and brine shrimp, as well as ocean nutrition formula one amongst many other foods. Something is wrong with the water.

pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate?
Are they breathing heavily?
Salinity?
Are you dosing anything?