Clownfish starving to death

[Hapenyo12]

Help! I have two clownfish i bought a month ago. The larger female always takes the pellets i drop in while the smaller male gets nothing. I thought i would seperate then to feed them but then my make clownfish is so deprived if food he doesnt come out of his hidey hole(which is a small gap between the rock and the back and left side of the tank). I try to drop food down there but it gets sucked into the vent which is right there. How do i feed him?

 

[North Borders]

Can you hold food on some tongs for him? I feed my shrimp this way. Piece of mysis pinched on some long feeding tongs works well. Can you shut water flow off so food isn't going down the vent? Maybe try to catch him or the female and put one or the other into quarantine for a little while?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Try offering frozen food, such as mysis shrimp. Keep flow on while feeding.

The male must be getting something, because after a month the male, at the very least would be noticeably skinny.

 

[Hapenyo12]

Try offering frozen food, such as mysis shrimp. Keep flow on while feeding.

The male must be getting something, because after a month the male, at the very least would be noticeably skinny.

He has become skinnier and has lost a lot of colour.

 

[Hapenyo12]

He has become skinnier and has lost a lot of colour.

Will be buying some mysis shrimp though, heard a lot about them but never really fed them to my fish. Thank you

 

[landlubber]

Try offering frozen food, such as mysis shrimp. Keep flow on while feeding.

The male must be getting something, because after a month the male, at the very least would be noticeably skinny.

this would be my strategy too. a cube of mysis that is thawed before it is added to the tank creates a flurry of pieces that will be almost impossible for the dominant fish to manage.
If the system only contains 2 fish a whole cube is too much food so divide it up before thawing it.