Hello everyone,
10 days ago I added 2 new fish to my 80 gallon, a bicolor blenny and a sixline wrasse. Aside from those 2 I have 2 clowns and some shrimps/crabs/hermits the standard stuff. The tank is 4 months old.
So my blenny is fine, I see him munching on algae from live rock/glass all the time, looks healthy and active even though he doesn't eat any fish food I throw in the tank so no worries there.
On the other hand, my sixline is as healthy/active as my other fish but since I brought him home he doesn't eat fish food. He cruises around the tank all day so it doesn't look like he is sick but I can't get him to eat.
I feed my clowns one of the 3 following fish foods, all from tropical, once a day:
- 3 algae (algae flakes)
- bionautics (omnivore pellets according to the package)
- freeze dried brine shrimp which I put in water 5 minutes before feeding
So far my sixline isn't interested in any of them. I feed him whenever I see him out, but he just keeps swimming in the tank ignoring the food I throw.
Are there any tips I should consider to entice him to eat? Maybe he is eating copepods or something and he is fine? I don't have bristleworms or anything in the tank AFAIK that he might be eating.
10 days ago I added 2 new fish to my 80 gallon, a bicolor blenny and a sixline wrasse. Aside from those 2 I have 2 clowns and some shrimps/crabs/hermits the standard stuff. The tank is 4 months old.
So my blenny is fine, I see him munching on algae from live rock/glass all the time, looks healthy and active even though he doesn't eat any fish food I throw in the tank so no worries there.
On the other hand, my sixline is as healthy/active as my other fish but since I brought him home he doesn't eat fish food. He cruises around the tank all day so it doesn't look like he is sick but I can't get him to eat.
I feed my clowns one of the 3 following fish foods, all from tropical, once a day:
- 3 algae (algae flakes)
- bionautics (omnivore pellets according to the package)
- freeze dried brine shrimp which I put in water 5 minutes before feeding
So far my sixline isn't interested in any of them. I feed him whenever I see him out, but he just keeps swimming in the tank ignoring the food I throw.
Are there any tips I should consider to entice him to eat? Maybe he is eating copepods or something and he is fine? I don't have bristleworms or anything in the tank AFAIK that he might be eating.