What foods for a yellow Assessor?

[Westside Guy]

I just received an ORA yellow assessor yesterday and tonight when I fed my other fish some frozen mysis shrimp the Assessor would bite on some small pieces and then spit it right out of it's mouth. I thought that the mysis would be ok for assessors, any suggestions on what food I should give?

 

[minus9]

Try pellets or LRS reef frenzy. My Randalls takes both.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

All my assessors will eat al.ost anything I offer. Perhaps try something smaller.

 

[Westside Guy]

Try pellets or LRS reef frenzy. My Randalls takes both.

I have Reef Frenzy and will try it if the assessor doesn't eat the mysis tonight.

 

[Westside Guy]

All my assessors will eat al.ost anything I offer. Perhaps try something smaller.

I fed them the mini mysis last night which is pretty small.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Just keep trying meaty foods. I have never found them to be picky eaters, though they can get a little timid when stressed. Perhaps it needs to settle in.

If it goes longer than a few days without eating I would keep an eye out for disease/parasites.

 

[Westside Guy]

Just keep trying meaty foods. I have never found them to be picky eaters, though they can get a little timid when stressed. Perhaps it needs to settle in.

If it goes longer than a few days without eating I would keep an eye out for disease/parasites.

The assessor came straight from ORA in the original shipping bag and I picked it up 30 minutes after it arrived at the LFS. It was never comingled with other fish in the store's tanks. All of the ORA that I have purchased that way have been extremely healthy.

It may have been aa case of being a little stressed but all of the other fish in the tank devoured the mini mysis.

 

[bluprntguy]

ORA sometimes ships fish pretty small. You might have to do frozen baby brine shrimp or calanus for a while. If it doesn’t start eating, hatching some live baby brine usually works.

Assessors are usually shy at first, so I suspect he just needs a few days to get adjusted. It’s pretty good that he’s out already.

 

[Westside Guy]

ORA sometimes ships fish pretty small. You might have to do frozen baby brine shrimp or calanus for a while. If it doesn’t start eating, hatching some live baby brine usually works.

Assessors are usually shy at first, so I suspect he just needs a few days to get adjusted. It’s pretty good that he’s out already.

I am really pleased that the Assessor is swimming all over the tank. It is swimming sideways and starting to swim upside down. Also my dottyback seems to have halted it’s aggression toward the new guy on the block.

 

[Westside Guy]

Try pellets or LRS reef frenzy. My Randalls takes both.

Where did you get the Randall’s from? Was it an ORA bred.

 

[minus9]

Where did you get the Randall’s from? Was it an ORA bred.

My LFS ordered it for me and yes, from ORA.

 

[Westside Guy]

My LFS ordered it for me and yes, from ORA.

Thanks for the quick reply, by the way do you know whether you can put more than one Assessor in the same tank?

 

[minus9]

Yes, you can mix them together if the tank isn't too small.

 

[HOOPDEEZ]

I feed mine lrs nano reef frenzy.

 

[Westside Guy]

Yes, you can mix them together if the tank isn't too small.

I have a Reefer 250 with a 54 gallon DT. Do you think it is too small for 2 Assessors?

 

[minus9]

Should be fine, just provide plenty of hiding places, especially ledges or shelves to hang under. Although my Randall hangs out with my wrasses out in the open. The color on them is striking, from above it's a lighter iridescent blue/green and from below you can see the faint orange on their belly.

 

[mattzang]

Yes, you can mix them together if the tank isn't too small.

may i ask what lfs? i've had a heck of a time finding lfs in socal that order from ORA. i've even sent ORA emails and only got one response and one store listed that had ordered from them "within the last year"

 

[minus9]

I got it from Elliot at Golden State Corals in Reseda. ORA only release a handful of Randall's at a time, but give Elliot a call. If you've never been there, it's worth the trip, such a great little shop full of aquacultured corals.

 

[Kyl]

Once they get settled in, eating won't be an issue. Mine eats pretty much everything except nori. Small mysis / pellets / spirulina brine, etc.

 

[omar jawad]

Can anyone tell me if these fish are jumpers?