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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2005Feeding Question
I have a 29G with 1 Strawberry Dottyback, 2 clown fish, a pumping Zenia, sun polyp and 2 feather dusters. My clownfish won't eat flake food, marine one pellets, frozen marine one, mysis shrimp or brine shrimp. I almost gave up until I shared my talapia dinner with them and they went crazy for it. Of course the dottyback will only eat everything the clowns won't. I've put talapia, mysis shrimp, regular shrimp and frozen formula one in a blender, mushed it up, froze it in a block and now grate some off and feed it. All three fish are now eating well and I also feed it to my sun polyps. Do I need to add anything else to the mix or is this a healthy enough blend?  SignatureAnn R Sounds good to me. You might peruse my recipe as well, for any ideas: http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html Marc > I have a 29G with 1 Strawberry Dottyback, 2 clown fish, a pumping Zenia, sun > polyp and 2 feather dusters. My clownfish won't eat flake food, marine one [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > three fish are now eating well and I also feed it to my sun polyps. Do I > need to add anything else to the mix or is this a healthy enough blend? SignaturePersonal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com You've got some of the easiest fish to feed there are - Clowns will eat anything and the dottyback, despite being a carnivore isn't generally too fussy. I'd keep on trying to get them on to frozen shrimp - let them starve for a couple of days if it helps, but don't become a slave to fish that can and will happily adjust to a simple basic diet. My clown is nearly 20 years old and my last strawberry dottyback lasted 10 years both feed by fighting for scraps of whatever they can get. Mark > Sounds good to me. You might peruse my recipe as well, for any ideas: > http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> it to my sun polyps. Do I need to add anything else to the mix or is >> this a healthy enough blend? |
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