Coral beauty very thin, barely eats

serbusfish · 06/28/2015, 04:09 AM

I've had a Coral Beauty for around 3 - 4 weeks and it is very thin compared to my other fish. When I put in a cube of food it will only eat perhaps 1 piece and thats it, it is incredibly picky. When I looked in my tank from above I saw how thin it was compared to my other fish. I have tried Mysis, Brine shrimp, Bloodworm, Angelfish food, flake, pellet, seaweed on a clip, but it wont touch any of these. Have I got to face facts that this fish most likely wont survive much longer?

pyithar · 06/28/2015, 06:03 AM

have you tried raw shrimps and clams? cut the clam into pieces and stick the soft stuffs to a piece of rock surface. i don't have an angel but this method works with butterflies including copperband butterfly ime. good luck.

JammyBirch · 06/28/2015, 06:16 AM

Man that stinks usually angelfish are pigs at feeding time, what other fish do you have? Does the CB have a bully or any competition?

If you have or could set up a QT you could try a little solitary treatment to get its appetite going.

Dkuhlmann · 06/28/2015, 07:49 AM

Try adding Selcon or Garlic to the food and see if that doesn't spark it's appetite. The CB usually doesn't have any problems with eating. I'm wondering if there wasn't a collection problem with chemicals that you're dealing with here.

scootshoot · 06/28/2015, 03:29 PM

what was it eating when you bought him at the store? Give them a call. But yea, have the exact opposite problem, my CB is a huge piglet. Sometimes I wish he/she would go on a hunger strike on occasion, lol.

serbusfish · 06/28/2015, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JammyBirch

Man that stinks usually angelfish are pigs at feeding time, what other fish do you have? Does the CB have a bully or any competition?

If you have or could set up a QT you could try a little solitary treatment to get its appetite going.

No bullies but very piggy tank mates. I have a Midas Blenny and Bangaii Cardinal that attack the food as soon as it goes in the tank/ The Coral Beauty sort of looks at the pieces as they float past but rarely eats them. It will suck on the bigger pieces but spit them out, it will only eat smaller pieces, but even then its probably one 1 piece per feeding session.

The only other tank I have is a 27 gallon planted freshwater tank, I was actually considering tearing it down and using it for QT, I dont know if I could set it all up in time to save this fish though.

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Originally Posted by Dkuhlmann

Try adding Selcon or Garlic to the food and see if that doesn't spark it's appetite. The CB usually doesn't have any problems with eating. I'm wondering if there wasn't a collection problem with chemicals that you're dealing with here.

I have garlic enriched brine shrimp but it doesnt eat it.

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Originally Posted by scootshoot

what was it eating when you bought him at the store? Give them a call. But yea, have the exact opposite problem, my CB is a huge piglet. Sometimes I wish he/she would go on a hunger strike on occasion, lol.

Im going in tomorrow so i'll ask them. Im sure they told me Mysis before but mine wont eat it.

06/28/2015, 04:09 AM	#1
serbusfish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 710	Coral beauty very thin, barely eats I've had a Coral Beauty for around 3 - 4 weeks and it is very thin compared to my other fish. When I put in a cube of food it will only eat perhaps 1 piece and thats it, it is incredibly picky. When I looked in my tank from above I saw how thin it was compared to my other fish. I have tried Mysis, Brine shrimp, Bloodworm, Angelfish food, flake, pellet, seaweed on a clip, but it wont touch any of these. Have I got to face facts that this fish most likely wont survive much longer? __________________ 75 Gallon mixed Reef / Ocellaris Clownfish, Firefish, Royal Gramma, Bangaii Cardinal, Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Allen's Damselfish. Progress thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p

06/28/2015, 06:03 AM	#2
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	have you tried raw shrimps and clams? cut the clam into pieces and stick the soft stuffs to a piece of rock surface. i don't have an angel but this method works with butterflies including copperband butterfly ime. good luck. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

06/28/2015, 06:16 AM	#3
JammyBirch Aquaria Engineering Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Elkland, PA Posts: 1,182	Man that stinks usually angelfish are pigs at feeding time, what other fish do you have? Does the CB have a bully or any competition? If you have or could set up a QT you could try a little solitary treatment to get its appetite going. __________________ 25g cube, split 10g sump with refugium, Jebao RW4, reefbreeder value Livestock adds: Osc Clowns, Royal Gramma, Pygmy Cherub Angel, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Serpent Brittle Star Current Tank Info: 25 gallon cube

06/28/2015, 07:49 AM	#4
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Try adding Selcon or Garlic to the food and see if that doesn't spark it's appetite. The CB usually doesn't have any problems with eating. I'm wondering if there wasn't a collection problem with chemicals that you're dealing with here. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

06/28/2015, 03:29 PM	#5
scootshoot Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 95	what was it eating when you bought him at the store? Give them a call. But yea, have the exact opposite problem, my CB is a huge piglet. Sometimes I wish he/she would go on a hunger strike on occasion, lol.