Clownfish food

shawnbobawn · 09-19-2006, 09:58 AM

My girlfriend just bought me a clownfish and useually i do a little searching before i buy a fish but it was a gift so i just need to know what to feed him. I am feeding flake food right now but i dont think he is eating it. will he eat it i also have brine shrimp i can raise to feed him will he eat those if i feed him them please help me soon.

vsbballplyr31 · 09-19-2006, 03:49 PM

I have 4 clownfish. And they eat a variety of things. Like yours, mine are very finicky with the flake food. but they have been eating a pellet, i can get you the brand name when i get home. Numerous types of Frozen food. Brine, "emerald entree" and mysis shrip. (can be found at local petstore). And they go crazy for live brine shrimp.

Hope i helped a little.

shawnbobawn · 09-19-2006, 04:30 PM

So i went home for lunch and the clown died so i guess that solves that. heres a question i have a lawnmower blenny a green chromis damsel and a camel shrimp (peppermint shrimp not sure which). They all hang out at this one rock under where the water flow back in from the filter and they are always somewhat hidding except the shrimp. but they all stay by the rock on the left corner of the tank. anyways everything else i try to add to the tank dies. a week ago i added 3 hermit crabs they never even moved now this clown. so why do u figure they r dieing the pet shop says the water checks out all right. and y do the fish i have always hide and stay in the corner? could there be something poisonus on the other side of the tank? could it be the tank is to hot or i am overfeeding. what should i do.

ahill3780 · 09-19-2006, 07:37 PM

FYI, Michelle nailed the food suggetions right on the head. All of her suggestions are excellent.

Answering your tank condition problem is going to take more background info than we currently have on your tank.

We need to know the individual levels are that the LFS is telling you are ok. The ones we need in particular are: Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, pH, KH, salinity/specific gravity, temp, tank volume, tank age, water change frequency, and feeding habits.

If you can answer those then we can have a better idea of what is going on in the tank chemically.

Doing regular weekly 10% water changes are the safest, easiest, most reliable method of keeping your tank healthy. They will not do the job totally, but they will help the most of all.

HTH,
Aaron