Picked myself up a tank raised Gold Dot Maroon Clown Saturday, and I just have a couple questions, as I have never cared for a fish this small, nor a clownfish, but I have read up on the general feeding/care.
He's roughly 1", and currently living alone in a 20 gallon QT with 3lbs of aged live rock. Running a sponge filter and Aquaclear 20.
My main question is feeding, I know from reading clowns will eat a varied diet, and maroons especially will eat basically anything. I gave him a day, and then I attempted to feed Omega One flake, crushed very small. Ignored it. This morning I tried brine shrimp with garlic, also ignored it. Any other suggestions for food, or is it still a bit too soon to try and feed after setting him up? Or perhaps the food chunks are a bit large, I'm not sure how big clowns can open their mouths.
Behavior wise, this clown spent the first few minutes swimming around the tank, then hid in the rock, and now has stayed pretty consistently swimming around near the surface. Don't know if I am just being paranoid, but I am used to new fish tucking tail and hiding in the darkest recesses of the tank for a few days.
Absolutely love this fish though, great colour, he's got two dots on one side that form a smiley face with a stripe.
He's roughly 1", and currently living alone in a 20 gallon QT with 3lbs of aged live rock. Running a sponge filter and Aquaclear 20.
My main question is feeding, I know from reading clowns will eat a varied diet, and maroons especially will eat basically anything. I gave him a day, and then I attempted to feed Omega One flake, crushed very small. Ignored it. This morning I tried brine shrimp with garlic, also ignored it. Any other suggestions for food, or is it still a bit too soon to try and feed after setting him up? Or perhaps the food chunks are a bit large, I'm not sure how big clowns can open their mouths.
Behavior wise, this clown spent the first few minutes swimming around the tank, then hid in the rock, and now has stayed pretty consistently swimming around near the surface. Don't know if I am just being paranoid, but I am used to new fish tucking tail and hiding in the darkest recesses of the tank for a few days.
Absolutely love this fish though, great colour, he's got two dots on one side that form a smiley face with a stripe.