Feeding Mussle Style

[timocean]

A week ago I bought a Chelmon. Unfortunately, mussle in the shell is the only thing he is accepting as food. I put two fresh muscles a day. Unfortunately, since then my nutritions went up quite a bit, and it is also a bit cumbersome to feed/buy fresh mussels regularly. So here are my questions:
- How many muscles a day is enough? Or how can I feed muscles without making the nutritions go up?
- What is the easiest way to feed mussles? Washing yes/no? Attaching a thread to get them out afterwards? Using frozen instead of fresh?…

Any hints are welcome! Thanks!!

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Try using reef masstick in the mussel shell. I did that w an Arabian butterfly to wean her of the clams.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Also how big is the system? I wouldn’t leave the uneaten food in the tank

 

[Koty]

Half a mussel a day is more than enough provided that you have other fish that chime in (wrasses, clowns...)

 

[Koty]

 

[timocean]

Thanks for the hints. Will try Masticks and as long he does not eat that, reduce to half a mussle. Unfortunately, my yellow wrasse chases him off the mussle so far, when only one is provided. The tank is 120 gallon, and Inremove the shells the next day.

@Koty Thanks for sharing the vid? Can you move the feeder up and down from the outside? If so what brand is it? Do you use frozen or fresh mussle?

 

[Koty]

Plan to cut the mussel in a way thst the CBB snout will be an advantage...
In my tank the scopas is chasing the CBB but he does not give up