Added a 3.5” juvenile Emporer Friday and while he begrudgingly ate a little frozen mysis in the LFS, he’s not yet eaten any offered frozen foods at home. He had only been at the LFS 2 days but as he was the perfect size and the price on him was rock bottom I decided to take the chance. He is grazing all day on the live rock and eats some nori, but he’s a slow methodical fish and his feeding habits are the same. He slowly swims around the live rock, and you can see his eyes darting around looking for a morsel, then finally takes a bite and moves slowly on. When he goes to the nori pouch he slowly eyes every bit of the pouch, his eyes moving around looking for the perfect bite, and finally has a couple of pulls and slowly swims away.
I’ve ordered some masstick, and am still hoping that he’ll go for that as he grazes the rocks, but is there something else someone has found to get these guys eating more? I have a Tomini tang in my smaller tank and he ate only algae for about 6 weeks but now he’s first in line when I feed. Is it just an acclimation issue? The Emp seems calm and stress free, he just doesn’t seem to get that the stuff floating around at feeding time is edible.
I’ve never had a real issue with a non feeder except for the Tomini, and he was eating so much algae I wasn’t too concerned.
I’ve ordered some masstick, and am still hoping that he’ll go for that as he grazes the rocks, but is there something else someone has found to get these guys eating more? I have a Tomini tang in my smaller tank and he ate only algae for about 6 weeks but now he’s first in line when I feed. Is it just an acclimation issue? The Emp seems calm and stress free, he just doesn’t seem to get that the stuff floating around at feeding time is edible.
I’ve never had a real issue with a non feeder except for the Tomini, and he was eating so much algae I wasn’t too concerned.