Blotchy Anthias

[PolandSpring]

my blotchy has not eaten for 8 days, but it swims around at night a lot and hides during the day the whole time. i dont know what to do and i'm wondering why its even still alive. can it be eating something at night when im not watching? any advice?
it also still looks very healthy and its fully colored.

 

[rookie07]

8 days is nothing, fish can go longer than 8 days without eating

 

[rickytsui]

what do u feed your tank with

 

[PolandSpring]

mysis

 

[LongIslandAndy]

I have used live guppies to get an eating response from that anthias, is the fish new to the tank

 

[rickytsui]

u should try artic pot even fathead will go for those

 

[PolandSpring]

yah.. its a new fish

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Try the guppies

 

[Wolverine57]

I got one last Saturday, about 7 days also...he has been hiding but I see him eat.

 

[2slo4me]

try garlic or entice... maybe live brine...

 

[Aquabacs]

Couple questions:
Tank temp?
How bright is your tank?
Remember this is a deep water fish and sometimes it takes time for them to acclimate to brightly lit aquariums and aquariums that are warmer than they are accustom to in nature. Give it some time, Odontanthias borbonius are voracious eaters.

Other foods to try:
Chopped PE mysis shrimp
Copepods
Reef Nutrition Artic Pods
Frozen Cyclop-eeze
live brine shrimp
Bloodworms
Glassworms
Chopped Clams


Mike

 

[PolandSpring]

its been a little more than 2 weeks, hasn't eaten yet.. i have a tek t5 fixture, and my tank runs at 78. I know that blotchy's like the temp a little cooler. but i see it swimming around all the time at night.

 

[rickytsui]

dude i just got my 2 week ago i got it to eat artic pod u should give it a try and thats all he eat atm

 

[SeaIsle]

my blotchy took about a week to start eating with the lights on. Same deal though hide with lights on and swim around with them off. I starting feeding with the lights out when the blotchy was out.

 

[PolandSpring]

i've been trying to do that, but he wont go after the food at night either

 

[Wolverine57]

Our Blotchy Anthias, must be twins....LOL ever since I got him maybe 3 weeks ago! He does not come out, I see him behind the rocks moving when I feed, but he eats behind the rocks.

 

[PolandSpring]

lol.. mine must be doing the same thing and eating little particles of my mysis that float to him because when i feed i see him wiggling a lot maybe he's trying to catch the food or something. hopefully they will both come out soon xD
after 2 weeks he has to be eating something right?

 

[bizarrecorals]

live brine should do, when your fish didn't eat for 8 days, donsn't mean it hasn't ate in 8 days, prior to shipping they have to starve the fish for 3-5 days so they don't create ammonia in the bags, and god knows how long the LFS starv them for, also keep a good amount of current in your tank.

 

[PolandSpring]

i have enough flow, 1 mp40 and 1 mp20 in a 90gal tank

 

[Wolverine57]

Trust me he is eating!