Fussy Clown

[Ilove2ride]

I give my fish frozen Mysis shimp once a day, and he eats the first little shimp, but after that he just spits em out! Spoiled? I'm not sure, but I've only had him for about 3 days and he seems REALLY heathy, swims all the time back and fourth...

 

Should he be eating more? How many "shimp" should I feed him? I thaw it out, too.

Tank Info

 

6 days old

24 gal

24 lbs of LR

20 lbs of LS

2 Hermits

PH- 8.2

Salinity- 1.0205 (trying to raise up!)

Temp- 77 F

 

Thanks for your help!

[Christopher Marks]

I think you simply added him too soon without letting your tank cycle properly.  Six days is pretty quick.  It's likely he won't eat because of the stress of being in a new tank.  Check your ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites.  You may need to take him back to the LFS til your tank finishes it's cycle.

[Ilove2ride]

How much should he be eating?

 

My LFS said I could cycle my tank with any fish, but damsels were  perfered because of there $cheap + hardy. He said clowns were pretty hardy too, and they were about the same price as 2 damsels- also I didn't want to tear up my tank. My LFS also said that because of the LR and LS there would be virtually no cycle, and to wait another 3-4 weeks before adding the next fish.

 

Thanks again

[Ilove2ride]

UPDATE-

 

I am pretty sure the cycle is finally done.

 

He made it, and is doing wonderful!

[BustytheSnowMaam]

My clowns would eat then spit it out for the first few days too, now that I've had them for two weeks they're eating fine and doing well.  They did a lot of things that had me worried those first few days and I posted several times to the board about it.  Everyone told me not to worry, and they were right!  

Good luck-

Tasha