sand flounder help

[tangtang clown]

Does anyone have a sand flounder?

I just bought one at PETCO and he isn't eating.

Any ideas?

 

[jlehigh]

The flounder is likely wild caught out of the Carribean. Flounders are veracious predetors. Offer live foods such as ghost shrimp until it can be weaned onto krill and the like.

 

[mattleycrue76]

Hope he's not in a reef tank. Good luck with getting him to eat, like jlehigh said I'd try some live food.

 

[tangtang clown]

He is in a reef tank. Is that bad?

 

[mattleycrue76]

hm, I was told thet weren't reef safe but that may noy be true. Now you've got me thinking. I'm gonna go research it as soon as i have a little time.

 

[soyadrink]

They are not really reef safe because they will eat pretty much anything that fits into their mouthes. Like shrimp and small fish

 

[tangtang clown]

Cool. He is about three inches long and all my shrimp are doing fine. I recently notice my maroon clown is messed up. One of the bottom fins looks like it has been chewed on. He also has a white line across his side fin, and he has a white thing stuck to his side near his shoulder. I have pics and will post soon.

 

[Curtswearing]

I can't imagine a flounder not eating. Ours will steal food out of the shark's mouths.

 

[burning2nd]

not only about the unsafe, fish (meaning you didnt research) in the tank... but you bought a fish from petco... and didnt qt it....

petco is like the disease center