What shoukd I feed a partialy blind clownfish?

Greenstarfish03 · Feb 24, 2020

I have a clown that is foing blind in at least one eye. I have tried many things to fix it and it appears she is going to have to learn to deal with it. She is in a qt now and she finds food usualy on the bottom ok but when she goes back in the dt there is so much competition she will starve unkess I figure out a way to only feed her. Any thoughts on a nutritious option and a method to make sure she gets enough food? Maybe something meeting like raw shrimp in forceps?

Big G · Feb 24, 2020

My clown <<< loves to chew on sliced and whole clams on the half shell. The shell would make it easy to hold with your forceps. And the target would be pretty large.
Good on you for taking such good care of your little buddy.

Greenstarfish03 · Feb 24, 2020

Big G said:
My clown <<< loves to chew on sliced and whole clams on the half shell. The shell would make it easy to hold with your forceps. And the target would be pretty large.
Good on you for taking such good care of your little buddy.

@Big G you are in every thread.

Thanks Im trying. I would have never thought of that. I will try that this week while she is in the qt to try and get her used to it. My purple tang is pushy. I have to keep him away. He eats coral feed out of the end of the syringe like a baby.

splitting_lanes · Feb 24, 2020

I feed my clowns by hand. They both nibble on frozen chunk.

can you teach your clown to eat out of your hand?

Greenstarfish03 · Feb 24, 2020

splitting_lanes said:
I feed my clowns by hand. They both nibble on frozen chunk.

can you teach your clown to eat out of your hand?

Well before she started to loose her sight she used to try to bite my hand so she may eat out of my hand?? I will try it this week. Thanks.

splitting_lanes · Feb 24, 2020

Greenstarfish03 said:
Well before she started to loose her sight she used to try to bite my hand so she may eat out of my hand?? I will try it this week. Thanks.

Train her while she’s in qt

robbyg · Feb 24, 2020

splitting_lanes said:
I feed my clowns by hand. They both nibble on frozen chunk.

can you teach your clown to eat out of your hand?

I use to feed my fish out of my hands and then they started to bite my hands and arms when I was cleaning the tank. The proverbial biting of the hand that feeds you

It was fun but I stopped the hand feeding because the sudden pecks were annoying.

Cell · Feb 27, 2020

Seefood?

Greenstarfish03 · Mar 1, 2020

Well feeding the clown may be a moot point. I put her back in the dt today and the most of the other dish tried to kill her. A couple hours later I couldnt find her and she was stuck to the bottom of a powerhead. I turned the powerhead off and she swam away I was ammazed. This fish about 30 days in qt eating everyday and looked great other then the partial blindness. Apparently they forgot about their buddy while she was in qt ;(. Well she seemed so stressed I pulled her out and moved her to my sump. It like 50g or so but this cant be a long term plan. Ughhh.

Greg P · Mar 2, 2020

Do you have room in your DT for an acclimation box? Anything tank safe with a dark lid, clear sides and lots of holes for flow. Give the other fish a few days to get used to it being back in the tank.

Greenstarfish03 · Mar 2, 2020

Greg P said:
Do you have room in your DT for an acclimation box? Anything tank safe with a dark lid, clear sides and lots of holes for flow. Give the other fish a few days to get used to it being back in the tank.

Room yes. I have a box but my new tank is eurobraced and nothing I have will hang over the edge. Maybe there is a box made for this though im not sure. I thought of that last night but my box wont fit.

Greg P · Mar 2, 2020

Time to get creative. Some bent plastic for the box to mount to with the other end clamped to the brace. Small spring clamps should do the trick.

OnyxPerc · Mar 3, 2020

Greenstarfish03 said:
Room yes. I have a box but my new tank is eurobraced and nothing I have will hang over the edge. Maybe there is a box made for this though im not sure. I thought of that last night but my box wont fit.

I made my own "acclimation box" using egg crate and zip ties, then just clamped it to the side of the tank using some spring clamps exactly as @Greg P described.

Greenstarfish03 · Mar 3, 2020

OnyxPerc said:
I made my own "acclimation box" using egg crate and zip ties, then just clamped it to the side of the tank using some spring clamps exactly as @Greg P described.

Thanks guys. Good ideas. I use egg crate for several things but it didnt dawn on me for some reason.