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ebe
04/12/2007, 06:37 AM
I have a new Harlequin Tusk fish and he seems a bit picky. What are their preferred foods?

Thanks.
racerw
04/12/2007, 08:07 AM
I have one that eats silversides, krill, mysis, shrimp, plankton & pellets
ebe
04/12/2007, 08:23 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9706588#post9706588 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by racerw
I have one that eats silversides, krill, mysis, shrimp, plankton & pellets

Maybe mine is just still getting acclimated to my tank. He swims around like crazy and seems to be ignoring most of the food. I moved some of my fish from tank to tank and bought 2 new ones. In my 90 I now have a foxface, small yellow-tailed damsel, Clown Trigger ( 3 1/2 inch, new fish), and the harlequin ( 3 1/2 inch, new fish). You want to see a damsel change his disposition, add a clown trigger.

The clown trigger and the harlequin are my absolute favorite fish so I am really trying to keep everything under control with good water quality and proper food.
ReefTank1
04/12/2007, 03:33 PM
Feed it crustaceans like shrimps, crabs, etc. Mine eats mysis, flake, crabs, shrimp, and squid. A variety is best.
Titan*69
04/12/2007, 08:34 PM
My Tusk wouldn't eat anything initially. 6mm spectrum pellets got him started, and now even eats veggies.
ebe
04/12/2007, 08:43 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9712504#post9712504 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Titan*69
My Tusk wouldn't eat anything initially. 6mm spectrum pellets got him started, and now even eats veggies.
Day 2 and the Clown trigger is still a bit picky. The tuskfish has found preferred cave and it has been hiding out most of the time. It did come out and try and swallow a whole krill, but it was too big so I am not sure how much it actually ate.

How long did it take before your tusk became acclimated?
JStorey
04/13/2007, 03:36 PM
Mine eats anything that gets in the tank. Nori,krill,shrimp,mysis,clams,squid,snails,hermit crabs you name it.
Titan*69
04/14/2007, 09:04 AM
About 5 days maybe....he ate from the start but would regurgatate whatever was injested. Now he eats, Octo,Cuttle,Nori,Krill,Mysis,spirulina brine,pellets,scallop,clam,mussell...more or less anything!