Best clownfish food (captive bred)

[Shawnfish1122]

I can’t seem to get my clownfish to eat with certainty they either eat a couple pellets or spit out and won’t eat frozen food either what do you recommend I got them 5 days ago.

 

[slingfox]

Just keep trying and they will eat when ready. I feed my TDO pellets (one of the small sizes), frozen brine shrimp and frozen mysis.

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Do you know what they were eating before purchase?

 

[Shawnfish1122]

Just keep trying and they will eat when ready. I feed my TDO pellets (one of the small sizes), frozen brine shrimp and frozen mysis.

I’ve heard good things about TDO..

 

[Shawnfish1122]

Do you know what they were eating before purchase?

Sadly no… I assuming some type of pellet no interest in mysis shrimp

 

[majorasmask]

I can’t seem to get my clownfish to eat with certainty they either eat a couple pellets or spit out and won’t eat frozen food either what do you recommend I got them 5 days ago.

My clown took a week to start eating normally just keep trying they usually arent very picky

 

[slingfox]

Do you know what they were eating before purchase?

Sadly no… I assuming some type of pellet no interest in mysis shrimp

Depending on the size of your clowns, frozen mysis could be better since those are smaller in size usually.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Frozen Mysis worked for me!

 

[Shawnfish1122]

Frozen Mysis worked for me!

Weird not me me

 

[Largeangels]

Depends on the fish and their size. Some captive bred clownfish don't like pellets that are too big so going smaller is always a good option. In addition to that they can be finicky in the beginning because they are probably used to only one type of food. I always try small TDO pellets and Golden Pearls (500-800 microns) first, and have brine shrimp eggs ready to hatch just in case. Then always add in a few mysis to see if they will take it.

Another thing which seems to help is making sure the food is moving pretty good in the water. Slow sinking food doesn't always stimulate feeding. But small particles of food going by them seems to kick in their eating instincts.

 

[X-37B]

Try this. My clowns go crazy for these.
You can also mix a few different cubes together. Larrys is another good one.