Anthias not eating

giambi4343 · 04/19/2009, 05:02 PM

i bought a female squarespot anthias about 4 days ago. she was eating the second i put her in the tank. all of the sudden, today she is spitting out the food that i feed her. she was eating mysis and formula A but now she spits it out. what do i do and has anybody heard of this happening?

betamed · 04/19/2009, 06:03 PM

I just bought a male 2 weeks ago that was very picky at first spitting out most food. At first he was only eating live brine, but after a few days was eating frozen brine. He's also been eating frozen mysis and krill now.

Oh, and he went nuts for live ghost shrimp.

04/19/2009, 05:02 PM	#1
giambi4343 Moved On Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 651	Anthias not eating i bought a female squarespot anthias about 4 days ago. she was eating the second i put her in the tank. all of the sudden, today she is spitting out the food that i feed her. she was eating mysis and formula A but now she spits it out. what do i do and has anybody heard of this happening?

04/19/2009, 06:03 PM	#2
betamed Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cooper city fl Posts: 1,383	I just bought a male 2 weeks ago that was very picky at first spitting out most food. At first he was only eating live brine, but after a few days was eating frozen brine. He's also been eating frozen mysis and krill now. Oh, and he went nuts for live ghost shrimp.