Clownfish spitting food out

[josh88997766]

I bought a clownfish recently (2 days ago my first ever saltwater fish) he ate one time but ever since that he just spits out the food I’m feeding

 

[lapin]

What are you feeding him? What was it raised on? There are different sized pellets or you might splurge on frozen foods.

 

[Uncle99]

I bought a clownfish recently (2 days ago my first ever saltwater fish) he ate one time but ever since that he just spits out the food I’m feeding

He will get hungry.

 

[EuphyllinOHk]

What are you feeding them?

It happens. Make sure the pellets are small enough - it's easy to underestimate the size of the pellets we put in. My new gramma will spit out its TDO pellets if they aren't small enough.

Also, it sometimes happens that fish aren't too enthusiastic about eating when you first get them. It took my clowns a couple days to eat and eat consistently when I got them.

 

[burnsq]

yes had the same issue as well, try some different food. Eventually they will eat anything :)

 

[josh88997766]

What are you feeding him? What was it raised on? There are different sized pellets or you might splurge on frozen foods.

Vision V2O pellets which have flakes and pellets he ate one time but now doesn’t wanna

 

[josh88997766]

yes had the same issue as well, try some different food. Eventually they will eat anything :)

Yea ima call my lfs after work see what they had him on

 

[josh88997766]

What are you feeding them?

It happens. Make sure the pellets are small enough - it's easy to underestimate the size of the pellets we put in. My new gramma will spit out its TDO pellets if they aren't small enough.

Also, it sometimes happens that fish aren't too enthusiastic about eating when you first get them. It took my clowns a couple days to eat and eat consistently when I got them.

Yea I tried pellets I tried flakes he ate once the pellets I tried crushed flakes today

 

[josh88997766]

He will get hungry.

Alright

 

[lapin]

Mine prefer white worms over black worms. They are a bit pampered.

 

[EuphyllinOHk]

Frozen mysis shrimp was the first big meal for my clowns. Drop a good chunk or two, with the pumps on feed mode, and give it a little swirl. I got a good feeding response from that.

Sidenote: if you have a baster, you can use that to carefully dispense the shrimp and suck up what's not eaten.

 

[josh88997766]

Frozen mysis shrimp was the first big meal for my clowns. Drop a good chunk or two, with the pumps on feed mode, and give it a little swirl. I got a good feeding response from that.

Sidenote: if you have a baster, you can use that to carefully dispense the shrimp and suck up what's not eaten.

I would love to try frozen food I just am not able to keep it in the freezer I’d need a nice little cheap freezer