What to feed a True Perk Clown

[ChrisK]

I just bought my new clown on Saturday and it doesn't appear to be eating. I know there is an adjustment period but I don't want to add any additional stress to it. I am feeding all my fish in general a Formula one frozen food. Every fish I've ever owned has eaten it. Should I be worried? Any suggestions?

[MedicMike]

I feed my percs Tetra spirulina flakes and Tetra Marine Flakes , and also frozen Mysis and Kril

[jojo22]

Welcome to CR! I'm sure you'll love it here.

[Sweetpea]

My clown eats ANYTHING!!! Seriously, he eats flakes and pellets and all kinds of fresh and frozen foods that are the right size to fit in his mouth. I have never seen him refuse anything.

I'm sure you are concerned about your new baby... anybody would be! Just keep an eye on him, and he should perk up in a day or two! Keep us updated on his progress, okay?!

[Cove Beach]

I have a pair of True Percs that were tank raised that were quite picky for the first 3 weeks. They would take in a bit of food then spit it out. I ended up chopping up some Mysis shrimp to make it small enough for them to swallow it whole. That seemed to help plus they saw everyone else chowing and got the idea.

[unleashed]

I just bought my new clown on Saturday and it doesn't appear to be eating. I know there is an adjustment period but I don't want to add any additional stress to it. I am feeding all my fish in general a Formula one frozen food. Every fish I've ever owned has eaten it. Should I be worried? Any suggestions?

clowns are omnivores so they do need a combination of meaty and veggie based foods . chick formula one is a good choice but try to ad a bit of variety to your tanks menue. I also feed my fish thera+A pellets by spectrum a very balenced formula for all fish high in essential vit and min that most fish foods dont have.I also saok all frozen foods in garlic extreme and selcon to entice fish feeding the selcon is also highly enriched with marine limpets which all fish can benefit from .I hoe this helps good luck. one more thing if fish arent eading the garlic and the selcon can be added dierectly to the tank and nutrients will be absorbed through the gills for dierect absorbtion to the blood stream.other good foods for clowns are veggie flakes by omega one, emerald entrese(frozen ).these are all foods i use for my omnivores and some for my herbivores