What does Evansi Anthias & Leopard Wrasse feed on?

[lyz77]

I tried feeding pellet, BS & MS but they doesn't seems to like any of it!

Wht do they actually feed on?

[arcanehacker]

I know Leopard Wrasse eats only very small stuff. I feed mine with Henry food mix. Mine also doesn't eat flake food.. maybe they don't like dried.

[hammy]

essentially for anthias , u need to flood the tank with food . once they regconise that as food . they will need little feedings few times a day. i feed my BE anthias with garlicguard mysis/brine and this is their fav. i am inroducing cyclopeeze to them now , saw some of them eating ...

no experience for wrasse

[Elune]

Extracted from liveaquaria.com :

Leopard Wrasse

It eats small invertebrates (foraminiferans and amphiopods) that grow on live rock.

When first introduced into the aquarium, live saltwater feeder shrimp should be used to entice this fish to eat. The diet should be supplemented with live feeder shrimp, mussel meat, and black worms.

In my opinion, u can try feeding sea-monkeys or cyclopeeze (use wif moderation) to entice them to eat.

Qxnviolet have a few leopard wrasse in his tank, maybe he can comment...

[jacobus]

i think cyclopeeze is good ..

[Qxnviolet]

Hi Bro Lzy77, i have 2 leopard wrasses in my tank right now and both of them are feeding readily on frozen BS. When i first got them back, they were super timid and appear only for a couple of hours(2 to 3 hrs) a day. What i normally do when i have new fishes is buy some LBS to try get them to feed. Most fishes seem more readily to accept live food when they are new. It worked for both of my wrasses too. Weaning them onto frozen food wasn't too difficult as i've expected too. I soak my frozen brine shrimps with garlic and vitachem, for the 1st couple of feeds..they took small bites and spat the shrimps out. They'll get used to your tank and the food after mabe a week, at least mine did. Now they are fighting for food with tangs double their size! Oh, as bro arcanehacker mentioned, if yours is really stubborn, try Henry's food. Mine loves it! Good luck!

[lyz77]

After trying for a week, Evansi Anthias & Leopard Wrasse finally starts to feed! The following are the food I tried:

1) ML self-made food

2) Brine Shrimp

3) Cycloopze

4) Mysis Shrimp soak in garlic

Out of all the food, it seems like they prefer Mysis Shrimp. Even my yellow-head goby love it.

I heard that for Evansi Anthias, I need to feed at least 4 times per day. May need to DIY a drip for BBS but I find it very troublesome, any other way out? Pls advise!

[chercm]

u soak the mysis shrimp in garlic ?

how to do it ?

[arcanehacker]

..... May need to DIY a drip for BBS but I find it very troublesome, any other way out? Pls advise!

hmm .. drip method for BBS? .. interesting.. .. anyone else does that?

[arcanehacker]

I know for anthias, they can be a bit shy when first introduce.. they gotta get use to the surroundings before they start feeding.. Maybe an auto feeder and see it from afar.. flake stuff like Ocean Nutrition formula one would be good.

[Qxnviolet]

I heard that for Evansi Anthias, I need to feed at least 4 times per day. May need to DIY a drip for BBS but I find it very troublesome, any other way out? Pls advise!

Hrmz, is there really a need to feed them 4 times a day? I get by feeding my LS twice a day, once in the afternoon and once in the evening. Sometimes i feed just once a day. My Blue-eyes are still surviving.... If a fish need to be fed 4 times a day, i would rather not get it, too much of a hassle for me.

[arcanehacker]

Hrmz, is there really a need to feed them 4 times a day? I get by feeding my LS twice a day, once in the afternoon and once in the evening. Sometimes i feed just once a day. My Blue-eyes are still surviving.... If a fish need to be fed 4 times a day, i would rather not get it, too much of a hassle for me.

errm .. I think blue-eyes are a breed of its own.. can't compare with other anthias.. I believe many species of anthias need 3-4 times of feeding..

[lyz77]

One thing I'm not sure is that my anthias doesn't seems tto like ML self-made food!

[arcanehacker]

One thing I'm not sure is that my anthias doesn't seems tto like ML self-made food!

they do.. at least I know dispars and blue-eyes do.

[lyz77]

Need to try and feed them with pellets and flakes so that I can get a food timer to do the job! May need to take a while b4 they get use to it!

[arcanehacker]

Need to try and feed them with pellets and flakes so that I can get a food timer to do the job! May need to take a while b4 they get use to it!

yeah.. take your time.. shy fellas when first introduce.. after few days or a week you'll see how greedy they can get..