picky firefish

[tripleup05]

my firefish is awful about eating food. i mean, he eats Prime Reef Flakes good (usually) but it wont touch either the frozen Marine Cuisine or frozen Formula One. It eats select pieces of frozen brine, but that makes a HUGE mess of uneaten food because it separates into a bunch of junk that he will never eat. If I feed all different sorts of flakes (Prime Reef, Formula 1, Formula 2, Spirulina, etc) will that cover its whole diet? I mean if anybody can give me advice on how to feed frozen food to a picky, single fish in a 46g without letting it break apart and scatter everywhere, let me know cause that would be great too!

 

[Anonymous]

How does his belly look? Full and smooth? Or thin and pinched?

If he is the single fish in a 46, I am betting he is getting a good portion of his diet from naturally occuring food in the tank. Which is ideal I must say!

If he looks as if he is not starving, I would continue to give him the variety of flake, and know that he is getting other food such as copepods that are naturally occuring.

Otherwise I would try some live brine here and there to really kick in his eating response. But I am willing to bet he is just snacking on critters in your tank and the other stuff you offer just isn't as enticing.