Male Clownfish Not Eating

shawnriv · Nov 15, 2015

I picked up a mated pair of True Percula Clownfish a couple days ago and have put them in quarantine. When I first introduced them to the tank they were not eating anything: frozen mysis, new life spectrum pellets, or cobalt flakes. I stopped at LFS and they sold live brine shrimp. I put some in the tank and the female clown took to them right away and gobbled them all down. The problem is that the male doesn't seem to have any interest in anything I put in the tank. This morning I soaked some frozen mysis in garlic (since I don't want to continue feeding brine shrimp if I don't have to since there really isn't any nutritional value) and the female grabbed the mysis...the male still has no interests. I'm not sure what else I should do at this point. The female is about three times the size of the male but I don't know if that would have anything to do with it.

Thanks!

steve&mari · Nov 15, 2015

Give it little more time you're doing the right thing it sounds. It's still new and probably stressed yet do you have places to hide in qt for them to help with stress.

dmh41532 · Nov 15, 2015

I agree, it just needs more time to eat. I've had a few clown and each one took about a week to start eating.

shawnriv · Nov 15, 2015

steve&mari said:
Give it little more time you're doing the right thing it sounds. It's still new and probably stressed yet do you have places to hide in qt for them to help with stress.

Yes, I have placed two pieces of PVC and they both hide in them during the night hours. I also use PraziPro has a preventive medication just incase they have some type of illness.