littleme1969
Fish Herder
WEll I'm having serious issues with my new fish. Always the case, tank set up and cycle goes great without a hitch, Plan fish arrival carefully so I have plenty of time to spend introducing them, and also make sure I get right food in (as suggested form where fish where purchased) . First Off one small clown dies in transit ( I hate living in an area with no Marine shops ) Second fish looks so stressed all it does is swim backwards and forwards in the same spot, refuses to eat anything Glad to report cleaner shrimp that came with these fish is doing great and snacking for england
Dragged hubby on a 60 mile round trip to try and find little percula a new friend in the vain hope it would stop him dying.... Fish shop had very little in with the exception of a couple of tomato clowns. So against my own better judgement I bought the smaller one (about the same size as little percula) Also bought a scooter Blenny who is just so cute and luckily he seems to be eating OK. **** Takes in deep breath... Continue*** Percula seemed happy to see his new tank mate and for the first hour all was great, happy percula happy tomato.. Buddies!... NOT!! within an hour the tomato had started picking on Nemo something shocking and he was back to sulking in a corner. After 24hrs I took the hard decision of removing what seemed to be a fish that was not going to make it anyhow. Set up an 8 gallon nano for him with Rock sand crabs snails etc, and his fav bit of spagetti algae that he had been sleeping on I did expect him to be dead this morning. But he was still there swimming in the corner looking thoroughly depressed.
I hatched some brine shrimp out a few days ago and so in a last ditch attempt to get this fish to eat I added them to the tank. He loved them, and for the first time since I got him his behaviour seemed normal. So hes been getting them all day and Ive set up another few bottles so I have them at different stages. But the nutritiononal value of these is poor and not a long term option for healthy fish.
Other Tomato clown just spits out everything I offer him though he does look fit and healthy and his behaviour is normal I'm worried about getting him to eat.
So Far Ive tried..
Flake Food
Pellet Food
Tetra Prima Vitamin enriched shrimp
Frozen Brine and Mysis shrimp
Dried seaweed
Ive got some blister packs comming tomorrow with 4 different variets of frozen food.
Can anyone suggest a plan to get thes fish eating ? Percula has been here since Friday and the Tomato I got on saturday.
Also any other food suitable for the blenny. Hes eating the Mysis shrimp OK and grazing on rocks and in the sand he looks a little thinner than I would like around the tummy area, even though the shop claimed he was eating well on frozen I'm kinda wondering how much they gave him.
Sorry....... just not used to fish not eating.. 5 years breeding tropical the only time they dont eat is usually when they are almost dead..lol
Any help would be much appreciated.
Dragged hubby on a 60 mile round trip to try and find little percula a new friend in the vain hope it would stop him dying.... Fish shop had very little in with the exception of a couple of tomato clowns. So against my own better judgement I bought the smaller one (about the same size as little percula) Also bought a scooter Blenny who is just so cute and luckily he seems to be eating OK. **** Takes in deep breath... Continue*** Percula seemed happy to see his new tank mate and for the first hour all was great, happy percula happy tomato.. Buddies!... NOT!! within an hour the tomato had started picking on Nemo something shocking and he was back to sulking in a corner. After 24hrs I took the hard decision of removing what seemed to be a fish that was not going to make it anyhow. Set up an 8 gallon nano for him with Rock sand crabs snails etc, and his fav bit of spagetti algae that he had been sleeping on I did expect him to be dead this morning. But he was still there swimming in the corner looking thoroughly depressed.
I hatched some brine shrimp out a few days ago and so in a last ditch attempt to get this fish to eat I added them to the tank. He loved them, and for the first time since I got him his behaviour seemed normal. So hes been getting them all day and Ive set up another few bottles so I have them at different stages. But the nutritiononal value of these is poor and not a long term option for healthy fish.
Other Tomato clown just spits out everything I offer him though he does look fit and healthy and his behaviour is normal I'm worried about getting him to eat.
So Far Ive tried..
Flake Food
Pellet Food
Tetra Prima Vitamin enriched shrimp
Frozen Brine and Mysis shrimp
Dried seaweed
Ive got some blister packs comming tomorrow with 4 different variets of frozen food.
Can anyone suggest a plan to get thes fish eating ? Percula has been here since Friday and the Tomato I got on saturday.
Also any other food suitable for the blenny. Hes eating the Mysis shrimp OK and grazing on rocks and in the sand he looks a little thinner than I would like around the tummy area, even though the shop claimed he was eating well on frozen I'm kinda wondering how much they gave him.
Sorry....... just not used to fish not eating.. 5 years breeding tropical the only time they dont eat is usually when they are almost dead..lol
Any help would be much appreciated.