Small Clown Food

hig789 · Aug 7, 2015

I recently picked up a pair of fancy ocellaris clowns and one is pretty small. They were feeding on Reef Frenzy at the fish store but I was wanting to feed them dry foods for ease of feeding.

I originally bought New Life Spectrum 1mm pellets to feed them it the small clowns mouth isn't big enough to eat those. So then I picked up some Omega .5 garlic marine pellets, they would eat some of it and spit some of it out. And the other day I got some Cobalt CA Mysis flakes as sample and they go nuts for it but the bad thing is is that it's almost a powder and I feel a whole lot gets wasted.

Any recommendations on something else that's small I could try or just stick with the CA Mysis?

Amoo · Aug 7, 2015

Sit down for 10 minutes with a good knife and spend some time cutting the NLS in half and putting them in it's own container. I generally do this for my small ones until they can eat the normal pellet size. As long as they get 1 piece a few times a day they will be fine.

Tahoe61 · Aug 7, 2015

I think Hikari puts out a good pellet food.

http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/marine-s-pellet-fish-food-hikari.html

hig789 · Aug 7, 2015

Amoo said:
Sit down for 10 minutes with a good knife and spend some time cutting the NLS in half and putting them in it's own container. I generally do this for my small ones until they can eat the normal pellet size. As long as they get 1 piece a few times a day they will be fine.

The little one acted like the diameter of the pellet was too large to go into its mouth. Could have just been that it got it on its lips and didn't like the taste and just spit it out too. They both easily ate the .5mm omega pellets. But like I said they spit most of them out.

hig789 · Aug 7, 2015

Well I just saw that NLS makes a .5mm pellet small fish formula also. Might just have to get some of that till they get bigger. Just wonder if it's the same formula as the 1mm pellets.

http://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Small-Formula-Sinking-Pellet/dp/B00176CSYW