Feeding clowns live food?

ezhoops · 01/18/2006, 07:17 PM

Since I've acquired my female Clarki I've wondered if she would accept certain types of live food. So I ventured out and picked up what I thought she might eat. I've include some pics of her and her chasing the meal.

So far she's eaten the following live foods:
Live Baby Brine
Live Adult Brine Shrimp
*Most fun to watch Live Ghost Shrimp (gut loaded)

Here is a pic of her she's about 4" or more

Here is a pic of her in pursuit of shrimp

ezhoops · 01/18/2006, 07:18 PM

Please share any live foods you feed, I would like to add to her live foods list.

MarinaP · 01/18/2006, 08:07 PM

Adult clowns do not need any live food in captivity (except for WC maybe, MAYBE, for several days of acclimation to captivity).

You are spoiling her.

And you are looking at introducing parasites with live feed (unless you culture you own BBS and ghost).

ezhoops · 01/18/2006, 09:56 PM

[QUOTE]You are spoiling her.

I realize that and don't expect to feed her this often. Actually I was planning on having the shrimp be the clean up crew for her QT tank. It just so happened that they became the food.

Your right I know I am risky infection and don't plan to do it often besides I know that if I offer her these foods she will never eat frozen form 1 or anything else again. This also was in part to get her eating response going also. I've only had her for about a week.

ezhoops · 01/18/2006, 09:57 PM

BTW the BBS and BS are cultured by me, but not Ghost shrimp

01/18/2006, 07:17 PM	#1
ezhoops Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 3,530	Feeding clowns live food? Since I've acquired my female Clarki I've wondered if she would accept certain types of live food. So I ventured out and picked up what I thought she might eat. I've include some pics of her and her chasing the meal. So far she's eaten the following live foods: Live Baby Brine Live Adult Brine Shrimp *Most fun to watch Live Ghost Shrimp (gut loaded) Here is a pic of her she's about 4" or more Here is a pic of her in pursuit of shrimp

01/18/2006, 07:18 PM	#2
ezhoops Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 3,530	Please share any live foods you feed, I would like to add to her live foods list. __________________ "Keep your Friends Close, Your Anemones Closer" Current Tank Info: Working on 60 cube, sicce 3.0 return pump, 29 gal sump with fuge,Bubble Magnus NAC6 Skimmer, Aquaticlife 4 bulb T-5 VHO, 29gal Rare Clown breeding

01/18/2006, 08:07 PM	#3
MarinaP Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern VA Posts: 3,489	Adult clowns do not need any live food in captivity (except for WC maybe, MAYBE, for several days of acclimation to captivity). You are spoiling her. And you are looking at introducing parasites with live feed (unless you culture you own BBS and ghost). __________________ Marina

01/18/2006, 09:57 PM	#5
ezhoops Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 3,530	BTW the BBS and BS are cultured by me, but not Ghost shrimp __________________ "Keep your Friends Close, Your Anemones Closer" Current Tank Info: Working on 60 cube, sicce 3.0 return pump, 29 gal sump with fuge,Bubble Magnus NAC6 Skimmer, Aquaticlife 4 bulb T-5 VHO, 29gal Rare Clown breeding

01/18/2006, 09:56 PM	#4
ezhoops Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 3,530	[QUOTE]You are spoiling her. I realize that and don't expect to feed her this often. Actually I was planning on having the shrimp be the clean up crew for her QT tank. It just so happened that they became the food. Your right I know I am risky infection and don't plan to do it often besides I know that if I offer her these foods she will never eat frozen form 1 or anything else again. This also was in part to get her eating response going also. I've only had her for about a week.