fish not eating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[buggzy702]

i bought 3 new fish today, a damsel, black and white henichous and a clownfish..i gave them omeg one marine pellets but there not eating it, the clown fish and damsel are spitting it out and the henichous is just smelling it.. i dont know whats going on.

[7digits]

You should try frozen mysis shrimp, or emerald entree for the clown. Your tank has only been running for a week. Do you have live rock? I don't think you have mentioned it, and I don't think anyone has asked you that. It takes time to build the bacteria colonies that process fish waste, and with each fish you add you need more bacteria. Bacteria drops will not do it. You need live rock also, and that rock needs to cycle with the tank. You may be able to find some cured live rock that could help immediately. These fish are stressed, and may be in a toxic environment. You asked for peoples advice here and have not followed it. You really should if you want to be successful. Are you testing for ammonia? If you are and haven't seen a spike you will soon with the amount of fish you added. If you want the fish to survive get some live rock in there and be prepared to do some massive water changes, probably many. Your tank hasn't had time to set up the proper biological filter for one fish let alone 3 fish. I think you should return the fish and get some live rock, give it a month to a month and a half and test your water regularly. Wait till you see nitrate spike and then go down, then add ONE fish. Give the biological filter a month to be able to process this fishes wastes, then add another and wait another month. Then repeat. These are not freshwater fish and cannot be treated the same way. The process is different. Your fish will probably eat soon, hopefully. But they are gonna struggle with toxins and stress and there is a very good chance that they won't live more than a month. I hate to say it like that, but it's true. You should follow the advice of the people here and be patient. I think most importantly you really need to get some live rock in there, and not just any rock, rock from the oceans. Live rock serves as your filter. I'm sure others will have input. I recommend following it.

[leebca]

You might find some useful suggestions here: My New Fish Won’t Eat.

[buggzy702]

i understand what your saying but its not that. The clown is eating, the damsel is eating now too but the flakes not the pellets, and the b/w henichous is chewing the flakes but spitting it out so i kno it has to do with the food

[leebca]

Try different and better foods. Pellets and flakes are the bottom of the food quality list. Read more:
Feeding Marine Fish and Fish Nutrition

[buggzy702]

ok so i changed the food and here all eating now. Food is all it was, it wasnt cuz it has only been filtered for a week or two, it wasnt cu they were stressed, but thanx for the concerns and help.

[7digits]

I wasn't saying the fish weren't eating because of lack of biofiltration. That will cause other problems. You should go back to your other posts and read the suggested links. Good luck to the fishes.

[Steve McKay]

You people might as well give up, he doesn't give a s***.

[rluix]

Yo, Expect them to die in the following 2 weeks, as the ammonia and nitrits, wich are very toxic, raise alot, because you couldn't wait at least 2 weeks before it even starting cycling.
I hope they were cheap, because if not, you just lost alot of money.

Seriously , did you read anything we posted in your other thread?