Questions about my new clown feeding

[saltwater4life]

Alright i've tryed to feed my clown flakes but he seems to just watch them float around and let the other fish eat them so i check the F&S site to see what they said they eat here is what i got

This clownfish is an aggressive eater. It will take most meaty foods and frozen herbivore preparations.

now here are my Questions what do they mean by meaty foods and herbivore like anything that i might find in our house?

 

[OCCFan023]

mysis is your best option. I feed my mysis every night and they devoure it. Some clowns will eat flake but some can be picky. Try mysis and once he eats that a little later you can try flake and he may be willing to try it.

 

[saltwater4life]

ok I'll see only place is probably pet stores that sell that stuff right?? not like a wawa lol or something because i the only place i know of is about 45 minutes away and the soonest i could get there is tomorrow night..

 

[JWright]

If you just got him yesterday, don't worry if you can't feed him until tomorrow. I generally keep the lights off and don't feed for two days after adding a new fish anyway...

 

[saltwater4life]

Ok ok i just love him so much that i dont wanna lose him...

 

[saltwater4life]

Hey i bought some shrimp at a seafood store and i was woundering if it would be safe to put in my tank for food or would it kill my stuff? and i cant get to the Fish store untill Sunday now... i'm just scard my clown will die so i'll try anything untill i get down to the pet store.
well thanks...

 

[KahluaZzZ]

i would worry about diseases, but hey if you can't find anything else until then, clowns would eat chips and drink coke ...so it's better to try to save him with what you got than let him starve

 

[saltwater4life]

ya got any ideas how to try and kill any diseases that might be on it i know my uncle said that he seen putting fish in freshwater for like 10 sec will kill some saltwater diseases but we've never tried something like that also will he really eat anything o.0 i figured if he wouldn't eat the shrimp that my crabs will have a 5 course meal

 

[Mushroomman]

The "freshwater dip" you refer to is proven to not be fully effective. People usually dip for around 2 minutes. Ich can remain imbedded within a fish and be fine in freshwater for far longer the fish would last in there, thus isnt fully fail proof.

It would have to depend on the disease itself, a more safe option would be quarunteen.

 

[saltwater4life]

but how can i quaranten a fresh chopped shrimp? and would anyone think it'd be safe to put this chopped shrimp in my tank also do you think the clown can make it till Sunday with out food? otherwize tomorrow I'll have to do something i love him, and hate to see him die of starving...

 

[Mushroomman]

Oh, I misread. Thought it was about a fish.

Just toss the shrimp in there... could give it a rinse. Dipping it in fw wouldnt do anything, the shrimp isnt in sw right now its in a freezed package.

 

[Mahamotorworks]

You could freeze it that would kill most of the bacteria on it. I dont know about any disease

MAHA

 

[saltwater4life]

alright i'll give that a go

 

[saltwater4life]

Hey could my Clown be eating algae? i kinda thought i seen him eating algae but I'm not sure since that would explain why he never eats the flakes or the frozen food

 

[KahluaZzZ]

wow he's got a disorder ..he thinks he's a tang!
Can try ( later if you finally find some LFS with food ) mysid with spirulina..a good veggie/carnivorous mix. Mine loves it.

 

[saltwater4life]

well they i got zooplanken which they said they give there fish and stuff but do they eat algea off lr?

BTW he has to be eatting something because if not he's gone a while with out eatting but idk
thx

 

[KahluaZzZ]

too small for clowns.

 

[Mahamotorworks]

Did you feed him the shrimp you bought from the seafood place?

MAHA

 

[saltwater4life]

kahluazzz the algae to small?
Mahamotorworks yea but he didn't really care for it he might of eaten a small piece but i wasn't sure

 

[KahluaZzZ]

no the zooplankton..anyways, they're omnivore...they will sometimes grab algae when nothing else is present, but don't rely on that.