Help! Clownfish won't eat.

cgdcinc · Feb 10, 2017

I have also had a new clown not eat for almost a week after introducing them to my tank. Some just won't eat while adjusting.

Sirduckington · Feb 11, 2017

Well I found 1 clownfish dead so im returning another one to the store.

40B Knasty · Feb 21, 2017

What is your nitrates in your tank? Do you have .000 TDS? Mine loves flakes! Frozen mysis, brine, blood worms, and scallops from the grocery store. How big are they? I cut the frozen cubes into 4s. Feed them a 1/4 of the cube.

Reef man 89 · Feb 21, 2017

How new is the tank? What's your ammoina and nitrites at? Also I got 2 clown and mine didn't eat for a week and a half they need to get use to there new home

Sirduckington · Feb 21, 2017

Reef man 89 said:
How new is the tank? What's your ammoina and nitrites at? Also I got 2 clown and mine didn't eat for a week and a half they need to get use to there new home

0 ammonia
0 nitrites

Sirduckington · Feb 21, 2017

Sirduckington said:
0 ammonia
0 nitrites

Tank was a few weeks old.

Fishgeek88 · Feb 21, 2017

Did you cycle the tank? a few weeks old it should be in the middle of a cycle, probably why the clowns did not eat/died

Sirduckington · Feb 21, 2017

Fishgeek88 said:
Did you cycle the tank? a few weeks old it should be in the middle of a cycle, probably why the clowns did not eat/died

The tank was fully cycled.

c.poindexter · Feb 21, 2017

Can you purchase Nutramar Ova anywhere near you. I have had great luck with fish eating this and nothing else at the time.

Sirduckington · Feb 21, 2017

c.poindexter said:
Can you purchase Nutramar Ova anywhere near you. I have had great luck with fish eating this and nothing else at the time.

I ordered 2 bottles of bio spira. What is nutramar ova?

c.poindexter · Feb 21, 2017

It is prawn(kind of a large shrimp) eggs. I know that Marine Depot sales them but then you have to deal with shipping.

Sirduckington · Feb 21, 2017

c.poindexter said:
It is prawn(kind of a large shrimp) eggs. I know that Marine Depot sales them but then you have to deal with shipping.

I offered frozen mysis and brine, I would be surprised if a clownfish would be more likely to eat prawn eggs then mysis or brine.

c.poindexter · Feb 22, 2017

My clowns go for it everytome I toss a small piece in there.

That they may not but every picky fish I have owned never turned them down. Mandarins, butterfly, started a copperband on it to introduce mysis. You can read several reviews on how well it worked for finicky fish. I was just throwing out a possibility, but would not pay the expense for it if I couldn't get I locally.

I hope that they start to eat something. Best of luck.

Sirduckington · Feb 22, 2017

c.poindexter said:
My clowns go for it everytome I toss a small piece in there.

That they may not but every picky fish I have owned never turned them down. Mandarins, butterfly, started a copperband on it to introduce mysis. You can read several reviews on how well it worked for finicky fish. I was just throwing out a possibility, but would not pay the expense for it if I couldn't get I locally.

I hope that they start to eat something. Best of luck.

Oh well one died and I returned the other one to the store.

fishkeeper2 · Mar 6, 2017

What are your water parameters? Sounds like the fish are agitated by the water conditions and therefore not focused on eating.

Clownfish should gobble up mysis and brine shrimp, as well as ocean nutrition formula one amongst many other foods. Something is wrong with the water.

pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate?
Are they breathing heavily?
Salinity?
Are you dosing anything?