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I wanted to know what you all feed. I have a new pair that i've had for about two weeks and all I can get them to eat is cyclopeeze. I've tried brine, live brine, mysis, flake, ora glow, spectrum pellets, and dainichi pellets. They only touch the cyclopeeze. I can't feed enough in a day to keep them fat. they are skinny, but they aren't fat either. What should I do?
 

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Try mixing the Cyclopeeze with the Mysis shrimps or other foods and hopefully that way they'd get a taste of everything and like it thereafter!!

Give them time .....


Enjoy,
Paul
 

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Have you tried some garlic with the other foods?
 
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I've tried mixing the cycopeeze and they just taste the shrimp and spit it back out. Tried garlic as well.
 

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Do they eat frozen or flake cyclopeeze? If they eat the frozen type you may want to try the flake and if you can get them to switch to flake you may be able to sneak in some other foods. Are there any other fish in the tank?
 

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Chris,

have you tried Rod's Food? That stuff sets off everything in my tank. I know Johnny carries it.

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That's weird. All the clowns I've eat like pigs. Do you have a lot of flow in your tank? My fish love chasing the food in the strong current.
 

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Yeah, mine eat whatever I throw in the tank. Except squid...they don't like that.

That's weird. All the clowns I've eat like pigs. Do you have a lot of flow in your tank? My fish love chasing the food in the strong current.
 
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HHmmmmmm ....... ask seller what he/she'd been feeding them before it got shipped over to you?

Just a thought ...

Paul

Got them from ors and they said they were eating ORA Glow. Tried it, but no luck. :(

What about that ORA glow stuff?

Tried, but No luck.

Do they eat frozen or flake cyclopeeze? If they eat the frozen type you may want to try the flake and if you can get them to switch to flake you may be able to sneak in some other foods. Are there any other fish in the tank?

Frozen. I may have to go get some flake.

Chris,

have you tried Rod's Food? That stuff sets off everything in my tank. I know Johnny carries it.

G.

Not yet, but I'm gonna get some.

That's weird. All the clowns I've eat like pigs. Do you have a lot of flow in your tank? My fish love chasing the food in the strong current.

Two tunze nano 6055s in a 24x24x10 tank. Lots of flow. :)
 

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Mine LOVE rod's food. They tolerate and will eat everything else too, but they really go nuts for RF!
 

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I feed my picassos ORA glow, prime reef, Rods food, frozen rotifers, and cyclopees. I rotate and feed them one of those daily. I think I could empty the cat box in there and they would eat that. :lol: Mine eat anything and everything.
 

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i feed mine hikari pellets, spectrum thera a+ pellets, omega 1 flakes, frozen mysis, cyclopeeze and ora glow
eats everything
the only clown i couldnt get to eat was a juvi white cap
 

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Thanks everyone! I got them eating ORA glow. Now I have them eating spectrum pellets. I can't get them to eat anything live yet. :(
 

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Glad they are eating for you bro! :)
 

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try getting some garlic guard, makes everything in my tank go nuts...soak whatever food you're going to feed for 5 min.... if live food get some tank water put it in there with the garlic guard, and go for it..... even my algae blenny starts looking around the tank.
 

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