Flasher Wrasse eating chewing and spitting it out?

NasotheHutt · 08/14/2010, 10:00 AM

I've got a new Carpenters Flasher Wrasse. He's eating frozen brine and mysis 'chewing' it for a while and spitting it out. Is this normal?

iamwrasseman · 08/14/2010, 10:09 AM

tenderizing it ? no really some of my wrasses do this when i first get them and then they figure it all out . they are getting nutrition out of the mysis ,the guts but the shell may be to large for them to eat whole until the learn that they can or grow big enough to . i have a wrasse that usually eat three or four mysis then starts spitting them out as your describing ,he's healthy as a horse and five years old .
how small is your wrasse ?

Mavrk · 08/14/2010, 10:13 AM

My clowns did that when they were smaller. I think they are just trying to make it smaller. They would keep 'chewing' it and spitting it out, then try again and again.

outy · 08/14/2010, 10:18 AM

all my fish do that when they stuff to much in there mouths to swallow lol

normal

NasotheHutt · 08/14/2010, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by iamwrasseman

tenderizing it ? no really some of my wrasses do this when i first get them and then they figure it all out . they are getting nutrition out of the mysis ,the guts but the shell may be to large for them to eat whole until the learn that they can or grow big enough to . i have a wrasse that usually eat three or four mysis then starts spitting them out as your describing ,he's healthy as a horse and five years old .
how small is your wrasse ?

about 2"

fishchef · 08/14/2010, 10:26 AM

I have a Tamarind Wrasse that does the same thing. Tamarinds are pickey eaters and she's two years old...fat and happy.

NasotheHutt · 08/14/2010, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by fishchef

I have a Tamarind Wrasse that does the same thing. Tamarinds are pickey eaters and she's two years old...fat and happy.

Brine and Mysis ok? Or should I offer something else?

fishchef · 08/14/2010, 02:35 PM

Well, Its really odd, but my Wrasse eats #2 Micro Pellets and I break-up Jumbo Min Food sticks which it goes crazy for. She also picks through the assortment of things in Rod's Herbivore Mix. I also soak the food a couple of times a week in Selcon. Mostly for the Tangs, but it can't hurt. I do use the larger P-Mysis, too.

iamwrasseman · 08/14/2010, 05:42 PM

anything meaty and even some herbivour food every now and then will keep them happy .supplement a few times a month and they should be good .
2" is small and he may be having trouble with the size of the food .

08/14/2010, 10:00 AM	#1
NasotheHutt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 278	Flasher Wrasse eating chewing and spitting it out? I've got a new Carpenters Flasher Wrasse. He's eating frozen brine and mysis 'chewing' it for a while and spitting it out. Is this normal? __________________ Have nothing in your home you do not believe to be beautiful, or know to be functional. - William Morris Current Tank Info: 180 delivered...working on stand

08/14/2010, 05:42 PM	#9
iamwrasseman Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: syracuse Posts: 7,003	anything meaty and even some herbivour food every now and then will keep them happy .supplement a few times a month and they should be good . 2" is small and he may be having trouble with the size of the food . __________________ This hobby certainly can put you in some weird positions ! Dave Current Tank Info: 40 freshwater,25saltwater 2000 gallons ,enough tanks for an army ?

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08/14/2010, 10:09 AM	#2
iamwrasseman Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: syracuse Posts: 7,003	tenderizing it ? no really some of my wrasses do this when i first get them and then they figure it all out . they are getting nutrition out of the mysis ,the guts but the shell may be to large for them to eat whole until the learn that they can or grow big enough to . i have a wrasse that usually eat three or four mysis then starts spitting them out as your describing ,he's healthy as a horse and five years old . how small is your wrasse ? __________________ This hobby certainly can put you in some weird positions ! Dave Current Tank Info: 40 freshwater,25saltwater 2000 gallons ,enough tanks for an army ?

08/14/2010, 10:13 AM	#3
Mavrk Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California - South Bay Area Posts: 2,775	My clowns did that when they were smaller. I think they are just trying to make it smaller. They would keep 'chewing' it and spitting it out, then try again and again.

08/14/2010, 10:18 AM	#4
outy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: auburn CA Posts: 4,021	all my fish do that when they stuff to much in there mouths to swallow lol normal

08/14/2010, 10:26 AM	#6
fishchef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,222	I have a Tamarind Wrasse that does the same thing. Tamarinds are pickey eaters and she's two years old...fat and happy.

08/14/2010, 02:35 PM	#8
fishchef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 1,222	Well, Its really odd, but my Wrasse eats #2 Micro Pellets and I break-up Jumbo Min Food sticks which it goes crazy for. She also picks through the assortment of things in Rod's Herbivore Mix. I also soak the food a couple of times a week in Selcon. Mostly for the Tangs, but it can't hurt. I do use the larger P-Mysis, too.