new ora choc ocy's won't eat

Mgers21 · Apr 7, 2008

I picked up a new pair this week and put them in my FOWLR until I get my nano breeder going. The problem is I can't get them to eat. Nothing agressive in the fowlr just a bangaii and now a blue hippo. When I feed everything else is gobbling the food up besides them. They go right up to the food,smell it and turn around?? I've tried mysis with garlic extreme, bloodworms, marine pellet, brine, and regular mysis. I've had them since thursday and no luck, i'm starting to get worried.

Any ideas??

stunreefer · Apr 7, 2008

I always had luck feeding extremely picky clowns squid eggs. They cant resist them! Also, try to find out if they ate where you got them at, what were they feeding? You could also try to find out what ORA fed them, perhaps thier food? I know a local ORA distributors can get ORAs' food too. GL!

Mgers21 · Apr 7, 2008

They are directly from ORA so I'm going to have to see if I can get some ora food asap. I'll give squid eggs a try, where did you get those??

executivelevel · Apr 7, 2008

mine love brine flakes, ocean nutrition i think, they eat em up

balz2dwall · Apr 7, 2008

I bought some ORAGlo food @ MV Pets a while back . . . you might try calling them to see if they have any in stock. I'm not 100% sure that that's what ORA feeds their fish, but its their product and they claim it was developed through years of research in ORA's hatcheries . . . it might be worth a try.
My B&W Occies love the stuff. -yes

2shayseaturtle · Apr 9, 2008

my black and whites love all of these.
formula one
formula two
brine(rare occasion i feed this)
mysis
marine cusine

Mgers21 · Apr 10, 2008

They finaly ate tonight! I picked up some ORAglo-look alike food at MV pets. Thanks everyone for your imput

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