Spotted Trunkfish / eating issues

[erikharrison]

Hello Again all. I have a spotted trunkfish that will not eat ANYTHING. he will not even come near my ghost shrimp; smells the brine closely, then turns away, and will not eat any nori. Any suggestions on what to try seeing as how if he dies from not eating he will release a toxin that will kill all of my fish??? (according to an article.... http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fishnchips/dec98/fnc1298.htm#Critter%20Corner )

Again, I am really new to all of this so the more I can learn, the better!
I also posted a question concerning "ammonia eating algae", does anyone know what this stuff is called??? I bought some and totally forgot what its called!?!?

Also as an fyi, the nori that I purchased was from HEB. It is unseasoned and roasted nori with no ingredients except seaweed. He/It also likes to kinda suck on my live rock (all jokes aside) and I was curious to know if anyone who actually has one of these knows anything about them possibly being scavengers? They did tell me at AlamoAquatic that he was heating brine like crazy. Essentially when I feed them brine, I use a safety pin and push through the cube and pin it to some handy rubberbands (which are becoming plentiful) and I dangle it in the tank. He nips at the pin itself, because it shines im sure, but he never even pokes at the brine at all.
Thanks In Advance,
Erik
BTW Hobogato OMGNOICEREEF (you are an idol!)
....This by far is the coolest hobby ever, and I intend to continue =D

[hobogato]

thanks for the compliment. you may try thawing the brine in a small dish of tank water and then sucking it up with a large surrenge. then release it right in front of him. you should also mix in some mysis with the brine, and eventually switch over to mysis without the brine as it has alot more nutritional value. BTW - this advice comes from watching Jose (seamonkey2) feed his seahorses and trunkfish, and you should see how fat and healthy they are.

[blueboy]

attach a piece of rigid air tubing to your large syringe using a very short(1/2") piece of flexible air tubing. then you can pinpoint the food to any spot in the tank, without getting wet.

[blueboy]

oh, and the algae, do you mean chaetomorpha, "chaeto", if so, it doesn't really use ammonia, it uses the nitrates, which are a couple steps down the bacterial process. do you have ammonia detectable in the tank? if so, that could very well be the source of your problems. ammonia is toxic to fish, so it could easilly be affecting the fishes appetite, and willingness to feed.

[erikharrison]

hes eating!

[erikharrison]

hes eating!