HELP ! coral beauty not eating.

[jacobus]

this is my first angelfish. umm tankmates dont seem to be bothering him.. also he is the biggest fish in there.. he doesnt seem to be interested in the ive tried frozen brine.. seaweed flakes.. live brine mixed with baby brine.. i think he's hungry coz hes nipping at my snail's shell which was once full of algae..the live rocks dont seem to be growing any algae.. what should i do ?! help !! i have a 60 gallon FOWLR.

 

[Blinky]

Unfortunately this seems to be a problem with most angels. Was he eating at the LFS? If you're not sure, give them a call and ask (if this was a recent purchase), and find out what they were feeding.
You can try leaving sheets of nori in the tank in a clip for him to pick at all day long, and mysis might work as well - they seem to be tasty to most fish. Try adding a drop of garlic 'juice' to the food, that works with some picky eaters. If he absolutely refuses to eat, no matter what you try, as a last ditch resort you can try to encourage lots of algae growth in the tank (or on rocks in another tank; move them into the display when they're covered in algae on a rotating basis).

 

[jacobus]

i heard about the garlic juice thing .. is it possible to make that stuff at home ? as for nori .. can i just get those at the market ? the sort that has no flavoring that is ... my new tank doesnt seem to be growing any algae ... any ideas how i could get the LR to grow ?

 

[Pineapple]

I would try the garlic. It really does help the finicky eaters.
Buy a fresh clove peel and cut, and then squeeze the juice into the food. Finger nails work great for this. I used frozen food for the garlic. I notice that my coral beauties don’t like brine. They will leave it for the cleaners.

 

[freefall582]

i had the same problem with my flame angel, but after a few days he started to eat the frozen herbivore mix i fed my other fish. But unfortunately, he wasnt too bright, a week later he got stuck on one of my powerheads overnight and when i found him in the morning, he had croaked....RIP :sad: