moray not eating

[is_that_a_fish]

i have a gymnothorax favagineus and he is about 8-9inches in lenght. Ive had him for two days and he is still not eating. Ive offered shrimp, and little neck clams but he shows no interest in either. He did nudge the food with his nose when i had ripped off a piece of the clam but other than that no real action. How long untill i should get worried about him not eating. And any other help is appreciated as well. thanks.

[Loverotties]

Did you see him eat at the store?Ask them what they fed him?You mite need live food.What are your water perimeters?What size tank?Is any other things picking on him?

[zero186]

yea see what the LFS was feeding and also i have seen a couple people use those grabby arms thing that have a clamp at the end that you can open in close at the top of the stick you can try to feed it with that and i have seen that work before

[is_that_a_fish]

it was being fed frozen shrimp at the store...i use a plastic rod to feed him but he just shows no interest. Im guessing its just that he is still new and needs to get a little more comfortable. The snowflake i used to have actually stole the food from the other fish, im hoping that with time this one becomes an eating machine as well.

[Fly Guy]

Get a piece of fishing line........tie a loose knot around your food. and "jig" it through the water. Thats how I weaned my eel off of live food. He had been eating live for 2 years straight. Took about 3 weeks of feeding him this way before he would finally just eat it when i dropped it in the tank.

[is_that_a_fish]

i just got some squid and he gobbled it right up...