Clownfish problem - food.

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Recently, I bought a paired pair of clowns (4cm, 6cm), but the female won't eat as much. I feed Artemia and acclimatisation s hikaru pellets (two feedings per day) until they won't eat everything in one go (very small portions). The male seems to be more active. I've had them for 6 days, acclimated them and cared for the lighting environment. I will test tomorrow everything, yesterday ammonia was good (also dosing amguard and bio s stability). They don't seem unhealthy, but if the male will be eaing more, I guess they will fight for the position. For now they swin together often. If you have any suggestions, please comment. Thanks
 

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Maybe mix it up, get some types of frozen foods.

You can also get some brine shrimp eggs and hatch them, this almost always works for picky fish, once they start eating baby brine it gets their appetite going for more substantial food.
 

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Are they in the tank that you just set up posted below? Just wondering if the tank is ready
 

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Clown are a fish I wouldn't feed until they're no longer interested in food. My 2 year old female will eat until she's literally round. She'd eat an entire cube if I fed it to her. Recipe for fouling your water and overfeeding your clown
 
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Are they in the tank that you just set up posted below? Just wondering if the tank is ready
Ammonia 0.07pm, NO2-2ppm, PO4-0ppm, Salinity -1.025, RODI water TDS-1ppm, Alkalinity 10.5 dkH, pH-8.1
 

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