View Full Version : ideal ocellaris clown diet
tranceFusion
02-01-2008, 9:24 AM
So I just got an ocellaris clown. Everything resource out there says that they are "agressive eaters" and they eat any kind of herbivore diets..
but can someone give me an example nutritional varied diet for them?
and i assume that stuff that doesn't come out of the ocean is out of question (blackworms, bloodworms, etc)?..
ooja3k
02-01-2008, 10:41 AM
ya that would be correct..
i feed mine a generic pellet and they love it! i also feed mysis and zooplankton about once or twice a week to give them a little variety... they love it!
fsn77
02-01-2008, 10:55 AM
Our ocellaris clowns eat pretty much anything I put in for them... frozen mysis, frozen Formula 1, frozen Formula 2, frozen zooplankton, commercial pellets, and they even munch on the nori I add to the tank for our rabbitfish from time to time. They aren't picky and seem to like the variety.
tranceFusion
02-01-2008, 11:44 AM
how much do you feed at a time? i tried to give him a few flakes so far and he snagged a couple little bits but mostly they just blow around so much with all the flow and end up in the filter floss pretty fast..
I'm suprised you read they are herbivores. Mine think they are but that is unusual in my opinion.
clown-lover
02-01-2008, 5:54 PM
Mine won't touch anything green I put in the tank. They do however seem to like the actual sea grass that I placed in the tank a while back. Lenny seems to munch on it daily. Otherwise they go after mysis, ground up mussles, squid, octopus, scalops.. Pretty much anything and everything in the frozen mix I make up except for the nori.. Won't touch the stuff.
tranceFusion
02-04-2008, 11:08 AM
ok so now i have another problem. I worked so hard to get the flow to skim the water surface for me.. but now the food makes just one loop around the tank and ends up in the filter floss..
I did buy some sinking pellets but the clown doesn't seem to be able to find them once they hit the bottom.
ooja3k
02-04-2008, 2:44 PM
usually i "train" my fish to eat whatever i want them to during their time in quarantine... that way, nothing goes to waste when they are in the big tank!
sounds like you may have to find a compromise... the sand bed is better than the filter floss for extra food... your clean up crew should take care of it in the sand...