Clowns not eating

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About a week ago I added 2 domino clowns to my tank. They seems to be doing fine but they just wont eat anything. I've tried mysis, Rod's Original blend, and Full spectrum pellets. I've added drops of Kents Garlic Xtreme to all and still nothing. They seem to be interested but they don't eat. What else should I do?
 

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Did you QT the fish? Have they eaten at all since being in your tank? Do you have a QT you can setup?can you post pics of the fish?


About a week ago I added 2 domino clowns to my tank. They seems to be doing fine but they just wont eat anything. I've tried mysis, Rod's Original blend, and Full spectrum pellets. I've added drops of Kents Garlic Xtreme to all and still nothing. They seem to be interested but they don't eat. What else should I do?
 

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Test your water, mine didn't eat when I had ammonia in my qt tank.
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No fish will eat with ammonia present.

Are these the first additions to the tank? How new is the tank?
 
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No fish will eat with ammonia present.

Are these the first additions to the tank? How new is the tank?
These are the second additions to the tank. The tank was running for a couple years. But it was taken down to move and has been running for about a month sense it was started up again.
 

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Are they breathing heavy? Any spots or external markings? Scratching on rocks or substrate?
 

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Are the clowns the only fish in the tank?
 

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Not that I've witnessed. It's a 120 gallon.

Hm... I would keep a close eye in the evening hours, close to lights out or just after. That’s when my fish like to bully each other, if they are going to...

Tank is pretty large though, what species are the other pair?

Maybe try some live black worms or baby brine to get them started?
 
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Hm... I would keep a close eye in the evening hours, close to lights out or just after. That’s when my fish like to bully each other, if they are going to...

Tank is pretty large though, what species are the other pair?

Maybe try some live black worms or baby brine to get them started?
I watched them when the lights were going down and after the lights were out. They all seemed to go their separate spots.
They are all ocellaris.
Thank you for the baby brine suggestion. I bought some and they seem very interested but haven't seen any major eating.
 

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