Need Help With My Powder Blue

[Greg Curiale]

Cannot get my recently aquired beauty to feed on any of my many frozen foods, pellets or seaweed strips. After 4 days just grazes on my live rock. Afraid I may loose it. Any help from my fellow reefers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Grego

 

[hybridazn]

Finicky fish, are there other fish in the tank with him?

 

[Maritimer]

Can you make a gel food or other food that you can smush into a piece of rock - maybe freeze into the cracks - for him to graze on?

~Bruce

 

[4FordFamily]

Live brine works well for stubborn acanthurus tangs, as do blackworms sometimes but in that order. I find that acanthurus tangs also cannot say no to red nori rubber handed to a rock if they're even remotely healthy.

To stimulate feeding, soak foods in selcon and garlic guard (frozen foods).

 

[Greg Curiale]

Finicky fish, are there other fish in the tank with him?

Yes yellow and purple tang, blue chin trigger, chromis, clown, hawk fish and blenny

 

[Greg Curiale]

Live brine works well for stubborn acanthurus tangs, as do blackworms sometimes but in that order. I find that acanthurus tangs also cannot say no to red nori rubber handed to a rock if they're even remotely healthy.

To stimulate feeding, soak foods in selcon and garlic guard (frozen foods).

Thanks... Not taking red nori but I had it on a clip. Will try live brine. Appreciate your help

 

[Greg Curiale]

Can you make a gel food or other food that you can smush into a piece of rock - maybe freeze into the cracks - for him to graze on?

~Bruce

Will give it a try. Thank You

 

[eatbreakfast]

Sometimes having internal parasites can cause pbt to refuse food. Have you dewormed?

 

[4FordFamily]

Thanks... Not taking red nori but I had it on a clip. Will try live brine. Appreciate your help

No problem. Any meds in the water?

Also don't underestimate how much more effective rubber banding nori to rock can be -- it mimics their natural feeding and if he's already picking at rocks this will may well work on the nori front. :)

 

[Greg Curiale]

No problem. Any meds in the water?

Also don't underestimate how much more effective rubber banding nori to rock can be -- it mimics their natural feeding and if he's already picking at rocks this will may well work on the nori front. :)

No meds in water however I did not realize how much sense the nori to a rock makes. Thank You Grego

 

[Greg Curiale]

Sometimes having internal parasites can cause pbt to refuse food. Have you dewormed?

Have not. Will try Thanks Grego