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04-28-2006, 04:13 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NC Age: 24
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|  coral beauty not eating PLEASE HELP
hello all,
i guess the title explains it all my coral beauty i just recieved will not eat i tried to feed him veggie flakes...what do i need to feed him he's doing well now but it wont last for long if he wont eat 
thanks for all the input
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24gal nano, xenia, green plate, orange zoos, orange spot gobie, 4 turbos, 4 scarlets
New tank 150 gal show tank, hippo tang, yellow tang, snowflake eel, 2 clarks, cardnial, toby puffer, dwarf loin, anemone, starry blenny, 4 blue chromis....im sure i left someone out.... | 
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04-28-2006, 04:23 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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I don't have much experience w/ coral beauty, but w/ all fish...he might be stressed out from everything. You can also try soaking the food in garlic, that seem to boost their appetite and their immune system. You can feed him some meaty food also.
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125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
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Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
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110watts PC, 70watts NO
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Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
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04-28-2006, 05:05 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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he seems hungry tho...i think i just have the wrong food | |
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04-28-2006, 05:16 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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From liveaquaria: Quote: |
The diet of the Coral Beauty Angelfish should consist of Spirulina, marine algae, high-quality angelfish preparations, mysid or frozen shrimp, and other quality meaty foods.
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04-28-2006, 05:29 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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what is spirulina ...never heard of that | |
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04-28-2006, 07:07 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Spirulina brine shrimp, you can get it frozen at any fish store. It comes in cubes...green in my experience. _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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04-28-2006, 09:18 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
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I agree with gkw .... the fish is most probably stressed out. It needs a chance to settle in, so patience is key. Make sure the fish has a place where it can go and hide and make sure the tank is regularly fed. It will take a little while for it to come out and eat like the rest of the crowd.
As far as the type of food, my coral beauty loves mysis shrimp. When at first so shy it's come to the point where she now comes up and eats from my fingers while I'm holding the cube. She's also doing quite a nice job grazing on the live rock as well as the sides of the tank.
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04-28-2006, 11:02 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
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Originally Posted by EPIC LOKI what is spirulina ...never heard of that | Spiralina is a plankton that is very high in vitamins. So much so you can get it at high end health food stores for human consumption. you can get speralina flake food for your fish.
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04-28-2006, 11:58 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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what is spirulina ...never heard of that
| Yeah, what Jason said. 
They have a huge farm somewhere in Cali growing these. I thought it was good algae only for fishes at first, then some guy give me an sample and ask me to try it. I looked at the sample like a fool...  | |
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04-29-2006, 04:10 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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You need to offer your Coral Beauty a variety of food stuff. I would start off by offering it some kind of frozen food ie. Mysis, or Brine shrimp or reef formula or a formula food. You can try to entice it to eat by adding garlic and vitamin c to the food as well. Did you ask what food the fish was eating at the place you got it from? That may help you as to start with the same food the pet shop or online site ws feeding the Coral Beauty Angel. The other thing possibly, even more important, is how long have you had the angel? It may be that it is stressed and trying to get acclimated to the new surrondings and tank mates. How long have you had your tank set up? Do you have live rock for your angel to pick off of and offer it a place to hide? These are some questions to address to help you with the feeding of your angel. It should be fine as many fish that I have purchased in the past took awhile to get use to the new environment before they would eat... Hope this helps! Good luck!!!!!!!!!! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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