Fish Eating Help

[Bece13]

That could be possible. Don't worry to much until you see signs that they are not active and getting slim.

 

[saltyair]

Have u tried live food?

 

[Poseidon]

Have u tried live food?

No I don't have access to any,
They were eating pellets in the store that's what baffles me

 

[saltyair]

If you can hatch some brine shrimp.
In my experience I have found that other fish sometimes show new fish how to eat.

Please keep us updated - throwing good reefing karma your way

 

[yveterinarian]

Brandon, I have lots of newly hatched brine shrimp if you would like to try some to tempt their appetites. I even have some Nanno for feeding the brine if you want to grow them out a bit before you feed them to the fish. Let me know. I'm working this afternoon/evening but am off all weekend.

 

[Poseidon]

annndd the healthy part when meh...
raccoon has ich, idol picked it up too, but im not too worried about him cuz hes eating quite well...
makes me un- easy to have visible ich in the system but as long as no one else is stressed it should be ok for now......
we shall see

 

[sunnykita]

I hope the little shits turn around for you and start eating soon ! possibly they are picking it up off the bottom when you're not watching LOL

 

[sunnykita]

annndd the healthy part when meh...
raccoon has ich, idol picked it up too, but im not too worried about him cuz hes eating quite well...
makes me un- easy to have visible ich in the system but as long as no one else is stressed it should be ok for now......
we shall see

ohh shit ! I hope it's stress and they overcome it Brandon ! best of luck !

 

[jroovers]

I've found with finicky eaters you are best to try and feed small portions, many times a day. My regal took a long time to get going, he would literally eat nothing, then only eat one piece of Mysis at a time, so I fed a small amount 6 or 8 times daily. Even if they only mouth it then spit it out, they are getting used to the food... once they starting eating more and more, then you can back off. Hopefully they are coming around.

 

[Poseidon]

Found out what this little raccoon eats

Not sure if it's hair algae or something else, grows under the dual t5

Now I'll just have to figure out how to grow more for now :/

 

[unibob]

Extreme reef cuisine ?


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[sunnykita]

Extreme reef cuisine ?


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I second that ! it might just be the bait they'll take !

 

[scubasteve]

here ill clean my sh tank for ya got lots to remove from there lol

 

[Poseidon]

Well, grabbed reef cuisine Saturday, flame angel loves it,
Raccoon still couldn't give a crap, it's not the seaweed he wants haha
And the potters I spotted grabbing a nls pellet

So really only guy I'm concerned about it mr raccoon here

And the idol, eats like a pig but still fighting the ich

 

[sunnykita]

so time to start cultivating more seaweed? At least he's eating something LOL here's hoping they all work out for you and the ich disappears again

 

[scubasteve]

reef cuisine will help take care of the ich as well being a well balanced diet best of luck great to hear they are coming around nicely

 

[saltyair]

Hope everyone is eating now.

I've got these guys in qt linked to my display, so there not getting picked on or anything, angels are separate as well, hopefully it's just them adjusting and I'll keep trying everything I have soaked in garlic

I didn't notice that your qt is connected to your dt.
you might know this already but your actually defeating the purpose of quarantine. I would just put the eating fish in the dt at this point (less stressful) might be able to unstress the foxface?

 

[Poseidon]

Yea it's not really a qt
More just isolation, to keep an eye on them and if they need assistance it's easier to baby them in a small tank

 

[saltyair]

Yea it's not really a qt
More just isolation, to keep an eye on them and if they need assistance it's easier to baby them in a small tank

And easily caught if needed

Imho if they are eating I would keep the isolation to a minimum unless you see issues pop up in the first 3 days. You will be adding a second stress period whe adding to the dt

 

[jroovers]

Well, grabbed reef cuisine Saturday, flame angel loves it,
Raccoon still couldn't give a crap, it's not the seaweed he wants haha
And the potters I spotted grabbing a nls pellet

So really only guy I'm concerned about it mr raccoon here

And the idol, eats like a pig but still fighting the ich

How's the racoon doing? Any photos of this fish and the idol?