Feeding

[sboynton]

Trying to get my fish to eat something other than brine shrimp... the mysis shrimp I bought seem to be too big for the fish to eat.. I also picked up some Ocean Nutrition Formula One flakes and Prime Reef Flakes... but the fish seem to 'spit out' the flakes instead of eat them... suggestions?

 

[haddaj04]

What type of fish are you trying to feed?

 

[sboynton]

Sorry, forgot to include that - Green Chromis, Occellaris Clown, Banggai Cardinalfish (one of each)

 

[Khemul]

Strange. No reason any of those fish should be picky. I've seen Clowns go after sand before, thinking it might be food.

Mysis should definitely be enjoyed by all of them. How small are the fish?

 

[sboynton]

All 3 are small, just over an inch each

 

[sboynton]

At the most, 2 inches

 

[sboynton]

I tried grinding up the flakes into basically dust size as well and feeding them that way, but still no dice

 

[stephcps]

Are they new to your tank? Has anything changed in your tank recently?

 

[sboynton]

The chromis has been in about a month and a half.. Banggai Cardinalfish aabout a month.. and Clown about 2 weeks

 

[sboynton]

I just did my first water change yesterday