alittlemark Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I just got a Meiacanthus atrodorsalis on Tuesday. He is probably about 2 inches long if you include the streamers on his tail. I am concerned that he will not find enough bugs in my tank to survive on, and so far he has ignored all of my offerings. I have been trying flakes and shredded calamari, krill, scallops, and spinach. I add selcon most times, and I tried adding some garlic for the first time this morning. I have read about other people watching their blennies starve to death, and I really want to avoid it. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardedsmurf Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 If they eat bugs, try buying some bugs for your tank. Reefs2Go is always advertising them, and you can have your LFS order bottles of pods for your tank, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Cyclopeeze Is worth a shot. Also the Wet Spot in Portland has live brine shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirenus Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 You should not be to concerned yet, it can take a couple days for them to feel comfortable enough to eat after the stress of going to a new tank. Make sure you have lots of live rock for him. This will help you maintain a pod population for him to eat and provide hunting grounds for him. You can also supplement his diet by feeding him mysis shrimp. If he seems to be avoiding eating mysis or frozen food, then buy some pods, and target feed him from a turkey baster. If you want to train him to eat other foods, then mix those foods with the pods when you go to target feed, it will help him associate that the other things you put in are food as well. Most important thing you can do is add LR though, this type of blenny can eat up to 100 pods in a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlemark Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Good points everyone. I will try to remain calm and give him a little time. I don't know if I am quite able to provide the pods that he needs with my rock. The tank is about 6 months old it has about 125 lbs of Marcos dry rock, but I seeded the tank with borrowed live sand and reefs2go pods. How do you know if you have a thriving pod population? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Look at the tank and the rock at night with a flashlight. You should be able to see them scurrying around all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 +1 for cyclopeeze, even my coral seems to like the stuff! if you don't have any detritus, the pods from reefs2go probably won't last, so if you added the pods with new dry rock, they probably aren't still there...prob worth adding more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 It's totally true that new fish can take a couple days to start feeding, however if you know the species is hard to feed (not sure if this is the case) it's important not to waste any time. Whenever adding a mandarin for example exotic foods should be introduced as soon as the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirenus Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Keep us updated on how the little bugger is doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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