Day 15 Majestic Angel Still Not Eating

[Ploppers]

I purchased a majestic angel from a reputable online dealer 15 days ago. I have tried everything I can think of to get it to eat. I've tried garlic soaked nori, angel formula, formula 1 pellets, formula 1 frozen, prime reef flake, formula 2 flake, enriched brine shrimp, and mysis shrimp. It doesn't have any interest in any thing but the nori clip which it seems threatened by.

The fish is very skittish and hides in a piece of PVC pipe anytime it sees me. I have a web cam set up so I can observe it from the other room. So I know it's not sneaking food when I'm out of the room. It's still quite active when I'm not around.

When the fish arrived it had some damage on it's mouth. The lips were white most of the way around. Within a few days the lips were no longer white, but the tissue was still receded back quite a ways. Two weeks later and it looks as though it's healing, but it still refuses to eat.

The fish is being held in a 29 gallon QT tank with an established sponge filter. I've been changing out 5-10 gallons of water every other day.

How long can this fish go without eating? Any suggestions on getting it to eat?

[bskiba]

live clams from the grocery store did it for my angel. just bust them open. also roll the nori up and attach it to a small rock with a rubber band.

[Ploppers]

I'll try that with the nori. I'm not sure if I can find live clams around here, but I'll look.

Maybe I'll try a rock covered in xenia.

[Ploppers]

It finally started picking at some formula 1 pellets on day 17. yay

[bskiba]

any seafood section of a grocery store might have the clams. manilla or some others. it works good and people have had great luck with it. after an angel gets a taste of something it ussually keeps eating it. My Regal has solved my aptasia problem in my tank.