Live aquaria

david pinder · 02/20/2018, 11:24 PM

Anyone else having a problem with feeding aqua cultured fish from live aquaria. just received my 4rth and have yet to get one to eat anything.
I carry 7 or 8 foods to feed my 100 plus fish. Not having problems with wild caught just the home grown. Would think those would be piece of cake. If yours eat please let me know what your feeding.

oldhead · 02/21/2018, 03:18 AM

What kind of fish?

homer1475 · 02/21/2018, 03:22 AM

Aquacultured midnight clowns from LA. Eating anything I give them. They go absolutely nuts for NLS pellets though.

OhsCC · 02/21/2018, 08:55 AM

I ordered 3 ORA Oscellaris Clowns ( 2 small and 1 medium) from Live Aquaria about 3 weeks ago. The ORA small clowns are eating flake and Rods Reef food. The medium did not eat and died. LA sent me a new medium. I have had this medium for 1 week and this one is not eating either.

So yes. The smalls seem to have a much better personality and much better eaters.

The two small ones (both in different DT tanks) eat from my fingers.

I'll keep going captive bred. Clowns from the ocean carry way to many diseases, IMO.

nereefpat · 02/21/2018, 11:27 AM

I have a cultured dottyback from them. No problems.

Theoretically, cultured should be easier and more used to eating prepared foods.

Pet Detective · 02/21/2018, 06:42 PM

My trick is this, if I can't get a new arrival to eat any of my prepared foods, I go directly to live brine, this works 95% of the time, if it won't eat brine.....it's not going to make it.

Once it gets used to eating in captivity, more often than not, it will start to take whatever you feed it.

I've never had a specific issue with Live Aquaria fish compared to any other livestock provider.

wrott · 02/21/2018, 09:58 PM

+1 to what Pet Detective said.
Try baby brine for a feeding response (even w/ larger fish) and finely chopped raw fresh squid and scallops--use a new razor blade, freeze it first.
Feed 4-5x/day, siphon out uneaten food after 10min.
Do frequent WCs for increased health in QT.

Frost_Hydra · 02/21/2018, 11:01 PM

I've ordered 90% of my livestock from Liveaquaria, and everything started eating the day after. That's only my personal experience though. I feed all my inhabitants flakes and vitamin enriched mysis shrimp.

david pinder · 02/22/2018, 09:07 PM

Number 1, I only have problems from them with there cultured livestock. You would think tank raised would be better acclimated. Have lost 2 angels and 2 clowns in 4 different shipments. No problems with the imports thy do fine. Have 8 different foods Im trying they look taste and spit till they die. In the future will avoid cultured fish. I called but got no explanation might have asked for a more knowledgeable person.

HBtank · 02/22/2018, 09:13 PM

O fish/invert deaths from LA, guessing 10 fish total. All healthy.

One coral bleached on arrival, refund, no picture needed or questions asked.

02/20/2018, 11:24 PM	#1
david pinder Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: houston tx 77316 Posts: 538	Live aquaria Anyone else having a problem with feeding aqua cultured fish from live aquaria. just received my 4rth and have yet to get one to eat anything. I carry 7 or 8 foods to feed my 100 plus fish. Not having problems with wild caught just the home grown. Would think those would be piece of cake. If yours eat please let me know what your feeding.

02/21/2018, 03:22 AM	#3
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Aquacultured midnight clowns from LA. Eating anything I give them. They go absolutely nuts for NLS pellets though. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

02/21/2018, 11:27 AM	#5
nereefpat Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 3,190	I have a cultured dottyback from them. No problems. Theoretically, cultured should be easier and more used to eating prepared foods. __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers

02/21/2018, 09:58 PM	#7
wrott Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,912	+1 to what Pet Detective said. Try baby brine for a feeding response (even w/ larger fish) and finely chopped raw fresh squid and scallops--use a new razor blade, freeze it first. Feed 4-5x/day, siphon out uneaten food after 10min. Do frequent WCs for increased health in QT. __________________ OK, but where does the meat go! ------------------------------------------------ 120g SPS, 125g mix, 56g FOWLR, 20g qt

02/22/2018, 09:13 PM	#10
HBtank Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 2,957	O fish/invert deaths from LA, guessing 10 fish total. All healthy. One coral bleached on arrival, refund, no picture needed or questions asked. __________________ 80g Aiptasia dominated reef tank.. with fish and now a bunch of berghia! Current Tank Info: 80g tank, re-starting a reef after a zoanthid nudibranch plauge, followed by months of steady and unstoppable STN/RTN, crashed; stayed FOWLR for a couple years, currently an aiptasia dominated reef tank with fishies and BERGHIA

02/21/2018, 03:18 AM	#2
oldhead Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: New Jersey Posts: 527	What kind of fish?

02/21/2018, 08:55 AM	#4
OhsCC Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 247	I ordered 3 ORA Oscellaris Clowns ( 2 small and 1 medium) from Live Aquaria about 3 weeks ago. The ORA small clowns are eating flake and Rods Reef food. The medium did not eat and died. LA sent me a new medium. I have had this medium for 1 week and this one is not eating either. So yes. The smalls seem to have a much better personality and much better eaters. The two small ones (both in different DT tanks) eat from my fingers. I'll keep going captive bred. Clowns from the ocean carry way to many diseases, IMO.

02/21/2018, 06:42 PM	#6
Pet Detective Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 328	My trick is this, if I can't get a new arrival to eat any of my prepared foods, I go directly to live brine, this works 95% of the time, if it won't eat brine.....it's not going to make it. Once it gets used to eating in captivity, more often than not, it will start to take whatever you feed it. I've never had a specific issue with Live Aquaria fish compared to any other livestock provider.

02/21/2018, 11:01 PM	#8
Frost_Hydra Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 151	I've ordered 90% of my livestock from Liveaquaria, and everything started eating the day after. That's only my personal experience though. I feed all my inhabitants flakes and vitamin enriched mysis shrimp.

02/22/2018, 09:07 PM	#9
david pinder Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: houston tx 77316 Posts: 538	Number 1, I only have problems from them with there cultured livestock. You would think tank raised would be better acclimated. Have lost 2 angels and 2 clowns in 4 different shipments. No problems with the imports thy do fine. Have 8 different foods Im trying they look taste and spit till they die. In the future will avoid cultured fish. I called but got no explanation might have asked for a more knowledgeable person.