Feeding a Clown???What should I feed?

saltman123 · 04/09/2007, 12:27 PM

I got my first fish!!! A Clown Fish.

I was wondering what is best to feed a clown?
It is already feasting on frozen mysis quite happily.

The guy at the store said New Life Spectrum Marine Pellets are a great pellet food.

Anyone suggest the New Life food? Anything else I should be feeding this guy???

UnderCoverDork · 04/09/2007, 12:41 PM

i would feed him a varity of foods. Brine, mysis, a formula one frozen mix..they will eat about anything, just give them a variety

saltman123 · 04/09/2007, 12:42 PM

Are pellets ideal for a clown, and more importantly a 12 gallon tank that does not have a skimmer?

Don't want them lingering around. I do feed very small portions though.

papagimp · 04/09/2007, 12:52 PM

I feed all my fish the New Life Spectrum Thera A+ pellets. But only in conjuction with a wide variety of frozen foods and cyclopeeze, microcrabs, bbs, and whatever else suite my fancy at the time. Variety is always good, but so are the NLS Thera A+ pellets. These pellets sink fairly quickly though and are kinda large. My clowns eat em, but I also have enough other fish in my 55g to get the ones they miss. so all the food is gone before it has time to settle. And this stuff will settle quickly. Just do as you should for all foods and feed a little at a time and do not over feed. The only fish I own that won't touch them is my Male Bangaii cardinalfish. His mate eats them as quickly as I can put them in the water, but for some reason he won't go near em. He waits for the frozen cubes.

fareforce · 04/09/2007, 12:53 PM

I feed my clown a mixture of mysis, brine. formula one, cyclops-eeze, and ora-glo small pellets. He is fat an happy!

saltman123 · 04/09/2007, 01:49 PM

Do you guys feed Cyclop-eeze, the freeze dried red powder stuff, or the flakes???

papagimp · 04/09/2007, 02:26 PM

I feed the freeze dried red powder stuff and teh microcrabs (their a cyclopeeze based granual, slow sinking pellet of sorts) I hear alot of people using the freezer bar stuff, but since I raise baby bangaii's and they'll eat the freeze dried from day one, that's what I stick with.

saltman123 · 04/09/2007, 06:41 PM

How much do you feed a day?
Just once?

fareforce · 04/09/2007, 06:51 PM

I use the freeze dried powder cyclopse-eeze, and use a chunk that is about 4mm x 4mm. That goes into their feeding bowl with all of the other stuff mysis, brine, and formula one (i leave out the ora-glo pellets), add garlic, and about 1/2 tsp tank water. That will last me about 3-4 days feeding small bits 2x a day.

saltman123 · 04/09/2007, 06:53 PM

How does the fish eat the cyclop-eeze powder?? Always wondered that

Also, what type of brine shrimp do you feed? Do you mix it up in a tiny bowl and then save it in the fridge in between feedings?

04/09/2007, 12:27 PM	#1
saltman123 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,048	Feeding a Clown???What should I feed? I got my first fish!!! A Clown Fish. I was wondering what is best to feed a clown? It is already feasting on frozen mysis quite happily. The guy at the store said New Life Spectrum Marine Pellets are a great pellet food. Anyone suggest the New Life food? Anything else I should be feeding this guy??? __________________ 12 Gallon Aquapod. 4 Gallon Pico-Coming Soon Current Tank Info: 12 Gallon Aquapod

04/09/2007, 12:42 PM	#3
saltman123 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,048	Are pellets ideal for a clown, and more importantly a 12 gallon tank that does not have a skimmer? Don't want them lingering around. I do feed very small portions though. __________________ 12 Gallon Aquapod. 4 Gallon Pico-Coming Soon Current Tank Info: 12 Gallon Aquapod

04/09/2007, 12:52 PM	#4
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	I feed all my fish the New Life Spectrum Thera A+ pellets. But only in conjuction with a wide variety of frozen foods and cyclopeeze, microcrabs, bbs, and whatever else suite my fancy at the time. Variety is always good, but so are the NLS Thera A+ pellets. These pellets sink fairly quickly though and are kinda large. My clowns eat em, but I also have enough other fish in my 55g to get the ones they miss. so all the food is gone before it has time to settle. And this stuff will settle quickly. Just do as you should for all foods and feed a little at a time and do not over feed. The only fish I own that won't touch them is my Male Bangaii cardinalfish. His mate eats them as quickly as I can put them in the water, but for some reason he won't go near em. He waits for the frozen cubes. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

04/09/2007, 12:53 PM	#5
fareforce Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage, AK (Alaska) Home of the frozen weasel Posts: 1,811	I feed my clown a mixture of mysis, brine. formula one, cyclops-eeze, and ora-glo small pellets. He is fat an happy! __________________ It's not my fault!!! It was an I.D.ten.T. thing.. Gosh!!!! (ID10T) --------------------------------------------- Click the red house to see my current build thread! Current Tank Info: Current Project. 110 gallon starphire.

04/09/2007, 01:49 PM	#6
saltman123 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,048	Do you guys feed Cyclop-eeze, the freeze dried red powder stuff, or the flakes??? __________________ 12 Gallon Aquapod. 4 Gallon Pico-Coming Soon Current Tank Info: 12 Gallon Aquapod

04/09/2007, 12:41 PM	#2
UnderCoverDork Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Detroit Posts: 429	i would feed him a varity of foods. Brine, mysis, a formula one frozen mix..they will eat about anything, just give them a variety

04/09/2007, 02:26 PM	#7
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	I feed the freeze dried red powder stuff and teh microcrabs (their a cyclopeeze based granual, slow sinking pellet of sorts) I hear alot of people using the freezer bar stuff, but since I raise baby bangaii's and they'll eat the freeze dried from day one, that's what I stick with. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

04/09/2007, 06:41 PM	#8
saltman123 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,048	How much do you feed a day? Just once? __________________ 12 Gallon Aquapod. 4 Gallon Pico-Coming Soon Current Tank Info: 12 Gallon Aquapod

04/09/2007, 06:51 PM	#9
fareforce Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Anchorage, AK (Alaska) Home of the frozen weasel Posts: 1,811	I use the freeze dried powder cyclopse-eeze, and use a chunk that is about 4mm x 4mm. That goes into their feeding bowl with all of the other stuff mysis, brine, and formula one (i leave out the ora-glo pellets), add garlic, and about 1/2 tsp tank water. That will last me about 3-4 days feeding small bits 2x a day. __________________ It's not my fault!!! It was an I.D.ten.T. thing.. Gosh!!!! (ID10T) --------------------------------------------- Click the red house to see my current build thread! Current Tank Info: Current Project. 110 gallon starphire.

04/09/2007, 06:53 PM	#10
saltman123 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,048	How does the fish eat the cyclop-eeze powder?? Always wondered that Also, what type of brine shrimp do you feed? Do you mix it up in a tiny bowl and then save it in the fridge in between feedings? __________________ 12 Gallon Aquapod. 4 Gallon Pico-Coming Soon Current Tank Info: 12 Gallon Aquapod