Are raccoon Butterfly fish hard to feed

Vanquishxxxx · 07/11/2006, 11:44 AM

Wat do raccoon butterfly fish like to eat????

masterqaz · 07/11/2006, 01:04 PM

they arnt that hard to feed. At work ours eat pretty much whatever you put into the tank. Krill, Nori, Mysis, Brine.

Billybeau1 · 07/11/2006, 02:55 PM

When I first got mine it wouldnt eat. Try your regular foods first. If he wont eat, go to your grocer and pick up some fresh mussels. Bring em home and freeze them first. Then take out and crack open the shell and drop it in the tank. After 3 days of mine not eating he went right for the mussels. He soon graduated to what everyone else eats. Good luck they are beautiful fish

LivinThaLyfe33 · 07/11/2006, 03:09 PM

a lot of people i kno had to target feed and if that didnt work they moved him to a small QT tank (small as in 20 gal) and from there waited until he startedeating until he was moved into the big tank

Vanquishxxxx · 07/11/2006, 04:26 PM

shoudl i cut the mussel up first, or shoudl i take it out of the shell and jsut throw it in?

Billybeau1 · 07/11/2006, 06:09 PM

I took the meat out and diced it but someone else told me just to half the shell and throw the whole thing in. I think either way will be fine.

Vanquishxxxx · 07/11/2006, 06:32 PM

ok soudns good, ill give him a day or two and then try the mussels if he doesnt eat

Billybeau1 · 07/11/2006, 06:35 PM

Thats what I did. Three days and I was off to the butcher.

Good luck

thor32766 · 07/11/2006, 06:35 PM

yeah fresh meats with the smell helps alot.

07/11/2006, 11:44 AM	#1
Vanquishxxxx Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 998	Are raccoon Butterfly fish hard to feed Wat do raccoon butterfly fish like to eat????

07/11/2006, 03:09 PM	#4
LivinThaLyfe33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 261	a lot of people i kno had to target feed and if that didnt work they moved him to a small QT tank (small as in 20 gal) and from there waited until he startedeating until he was moved into the big tank __________________ 40Gal. SW 35-40 LR 20 Lbs. crushed coral Odyssea PS75 Protein Skimmer Arc-eyed Hawkfish Clarkii+Percula clowns 2 Bar Gobies Chocolate Chip Star Bulb Anenome Pincushin Urchin Hippo Tang

07/11/2006, 06:35 PM	#9
thor32766 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chuluota, FL Posts: 6,072	yeah fresh meats with the smell helps alot. __________________ "Live your life so no one has to lie about who you were at your funeral" click on my red house to see my tang compound! Current Tank Info: 29 gallon in Wall!

07/11/2006, 01:04 PM	#2
masterqaz Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oakville Ont. Canada Posts: 551	they arnt that hard to feed. At work ours eat pretty much whatever you put into the tank. Krill, Nori, Mysis, Brine.

07/11/2006, 02:55 PM	#3
Billybeau1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dyer, Indiana Posts: 12,010	When I first got mine it wouldnt eat. Try your regular foods first. If he wont eat, go to your grocer and pick up some fresh mussels. Bring em home and freeze them first. Then take out and crack open the shell and drop it in the tank. After 3 days of mine not eating he went right for the mussels. He soon graduated to what everyone else eats. Good luck they are beautiful fish

07/11/2006, 04:26 PM	#5
Vanquishxxxx Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 998	shoudl i cut the mussel up first, or shoudl i take it out of the shell and jsut throw it in?

07/11/2006, 06:09 PM	#6
Billybeau1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dyer, Indiana Posts: 12,010	I took the meat out and diced it but someone else told me just to half the shell and throw the whole thing in. I think either way will be fine.

07/11/2006, 06:32 PM	#7
Vanquishxxxx Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 998	ok soudns good, ill give him a day or two and then try the mussels if he doesnt eat