Longnosed hawkfish

[Anonymous]

Any tips on what to feed this guy? He eats anything I throw in the tank, but he seems awfully freakin skinny to me, in fact he looks so skinny I fear for him. I thought he would fatten up with time after I got him, but I think he is actually getting skinnier as he gets longer.

I feed him some flakes which he goes crazy for, brine shrimp because I still have some, fresh frozen flounder and fresh shrimp that we buy for ourselves.

Anything I should be feeding that I am not? I haven't read anything about them having a real specific diet, but I might of missed something.

 

[ChrisV]

Maybe some frozen omnivore stuff? Maybe he need his veggies too :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Is he excusing himself from the table during meals, or right after? Fish bulimia is a serious thing, Bry.

If he's eating like a pig but continuing to lose weight, could he possibly have an internal worm of some sort?

 

[Anonymous]

Good point, Chris. Bryan turn off the Karen Carpenter music and see if it helps :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

You guys are really funny, I wish I had bulimia, cause then I wouldn't be so freakin fat.


I am upping him to 2 meals a day instead of the one that they have been getting

 

[Anonymous]

That is a good idea Bry, I think they do better as grazers anyway - kinda' like an anthias. A few meals a day are much better.

 

[Anonymous]

You can also try soaking any frozen food in Selcon which I feel ups the nutrition quite a bit. Soak the food for a few minutes as it is thawing, put it in a net and rinse with tank water before your feed it though, you don't want the excess nutrients in your tank.

 

[Bucktronix]

since i started to keep fairy wrasses i started feeding 3 times a day, just a squeese off of the feeding tube and everyone in the tank seems a lot happier.