How and What to feed Long Nose Hawk?

[dickenscd]

My long nose hawk has trouble to compete the food with other fish like tangs and wrasses, and losing its weight, and now stop eating even I throw mysis shirmps in the tank.

What other food can I use to bring him back to eat, and how can I help him compete with other more aggressive fish?

James

 

[Awibrandy]

James, my LNH eats everything, and anything I throw in the tank so I don't know about any special foods for them.

As to what you can do to help him compete for the food, is add more food to what you are feeding. Perhaps it isn't enough to go around.

In the mean time; do you have a quaranteen tank you can put him into where you can feed him alone, at least until he gains he weight back. I do not mean to transfer him back & forth for every feeding. I mean for you to leave him in the qt until he gains his weight back. I feel that if he is dibilitated from not eating it won't matter how much food you throw into the tank he just won't have the energy to fight for his share. Hope this helps in some small way.

 

[Josh]

They absolutely love live brine shrimp. Soak them in Selcon if you can.

 

[cali_reef]

I have read people trained their LNH to eat mysis by using a small opening glass container. They filled the mini-alcohol bottles(like the ones from airplanes) with mysis, LNH and long nose butterflies are about the only ones that can get to the shrimps.

 

[dickenscd]

I have read people trained their LNH to eat mysis by using a small opening glass container. They filled the mini-alcohol bottles(like the ones from airplanes) with mysis, LNH and long nose butterflies are about the only ones that can get to the shrimps.
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MRC skimmers are cheaply made, their customer service and local dealer sucks more air than their skimmers

Thanks for all the suggestions, and I will try everything to save the fish and $40.-.

James

p.s. Cali Reef, which MRC local dealer are you referring to? Somebody recommended MRC skimmer for my new tanks.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Live feeds are great for initiating feeding responses in reluctant fish. Live brine is good to get them started then try and mix the brine with whatever else you normally feed. Live ghost shrimp may also work well.

 

[cali_reef]

p.s. Cali Reef, which MRC local dealer are you referring to? Somebody recommended MRC skimmer for my new tanks.

There is only one that I know is local in LI.

 

[150reef]

My longnose competes with some real pigs and fast feeders, large GS maroon (big bully), sabae clown, damsels and does just fine. My longnose however only prefers mysis and will pretty much ignore other foods. I always dose (few drops) of garlic extreme with every feeding even if feeding or parsasite is not an issue. Although the longnose is a slower fish, it does well with hovering in one spot at the top of tank and what I will usually do is dump food to one side for the other fish and then dump some where the hawk is to ensure he gets his share. A healthy hawk will always (at least mine does) come to the top of tank with the other fish during feeding time and should be able to get food even with the most ravenous eaters.