Yellow Long Nosed Butterfly

[Captainhemo]

Originally Posted by seanoman

I just got one last week from J&L. I haven't noticed it pick at any corals yet. But, he also hasn't eaten any prepared foods yet either. I think he has picked at the nori sheet a little bit, but we have tried mysis, brine, cyclopeeze, and flake, but he wont eat anything. He reacts right away to the smell, but wont actually eat any food.

Other than that, gorgeous fish and I really hope he comes around and starts eating.

Not sure this will help but I have read that it sometimes helps if you take some of the prepared food (I'd try the mysis and cyclopeese) and pack it into a crack in some of the rockwork. This way he has to peck and dig for it which is more like his natural environment.

[seanoman]

Actually when I fed the rest of the fish last night, I put in a cube of mysis and he actually started to eat some of it. I am not sure if it was by accident or not, but once he took one, he wouldn't stop.

I am so glad he finally started to eat, because it was a week from when we got him.