Angler fish

[tbarcomb]

Does anybody have a good recamondation on a food to feed an angler fish?

 

[FTMMWS]

I feed mine table shrimp,scallops,krill and chromis(about 4-5 a month)..
Feed every other day..
What kind do you have?

 

[tbarcomb]

Not sure it's an assorted angler I got offline.
How do u get urs to take food?

 

[FTMMWS]

I use a bendy straw ...
At first i would put the chromis in with the straw dangling in the water ..Then i would just put the straw in ,,now he's trained very well to take from the straw ...Wasn't too hard ,but i have heard of people having a real hard time doing it..
Heres mine eating
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f71/ftmmwss-angler-164097.html

 

[Dan Thefishman]

If you use a clear stick( like those for under ground filters) all they see is the food not the stick.

 

[tbarcomb]

I put a few shrimp in with him but he has touched them at all.....is it just because he's new that he's not eating?

 

[Dan Thefishman]

Sorry, new to the site. How long have you had him.

 

[Gboy66]

Holy crap i have never seen somthing like this!!!! Its face looks like a person!! How big is it??? How bigs the tank??? Im flippin out right now..

 

[Dan Thefishman]

That is a beauty, how long have you had it.

 

[ezy33]

Stress may make him take a while to regain his appetite. Try feeding every other day. If he won't take frozen food you may have to try live food. Depending on his size I would try Thawed Krill or Silversides first then small to large live feeder Guppies as a last resort.

 

[Dan Thefishman]

I would agree with what they said.

 

[FTMMWS]

Please do not use feeder guppies or goldfish ,,
Buy some ghost shrimps or chromis/damsels like i do...How long have you had it?
Anything under 2 weeks i wouldn't worry yet ,or even expect it to eat from a stick..This is my second one..Had this one about a year,,before this one i had another species, a sargassum,,he died in a rock slide ,got squished
I took the same approach to feeding with both...They both ate frozen from a straw in under a week...Key is to get them used to the stick/straw IMO..Good luck comb

 

[tbarcomb]

I won't give any of my saltwater fish or any fish goldfish or guppies. To risky if there sick or anything like thAt. I've had him for about five days now and I just took some clear straws and scallops from work and he ate it right away so I know what to give him.....and never thought to use damsels as a food! Good idea