New Angel Won't Eat

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I recently picked up an adult angel from someone on Craigslist and added it to my planted 48 gallon setup. Its tankmates are 19 tetras, 5 otos, 1 blue paradise, 2 german rams, and 1 bolivian ram. He swims around and looks fine but I have yet to see him eat anything in almost a week now. I have tried feeding it flakefood, freezedried bloodworms, and sinking cichlid pellets. So far he hasn't gone for any of them. I also have not seen him even pay any attention to the dither fish. I did have some ghost shrimp in there that have seemed to disappear. It's possible he has been just eating the ghost shrimp when I am not looking but its hard to tell since the blue paradise was already working his way through the ghost shrimp before I added the angel. The angel perks up when I come near the tank like he wants to eat but he doesn't react to the food at all. Any advice on how I can get him to start eating some of the food would be appreciated.
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I'd try some frozen brine shrimp or call the previous owner to ask him what he was feeding...............On the other hand, that's one of the nicest angels I have ever seen.
 
Yeah, he's a gorgeous fish, especially considering I only spent $5 to buy him. I bought some frozen brine shrimp today and he ate about one shrimp. At least he actually put something in his mouth. I'm going to email the guy I bought him from to see what the angel is used to eating. He must've been eating the ghost shrimp because I had about 20 in there before adding the angel, and between him and the blue paradise there aren't any ghost shrimp left. I doubt the blue paradise ate that many in such a short period of time by himself.
 
He most likly did eat the shrimp. I would just continue feeding your fish as you normally would, he'll come around eventually. Provided he is healthy in all other respects he'll eat.
 
Frozen bloodworms also seem to be a food angels can't turn down. They're not very nutritious but could get a feeding response started.
 
He is the only angel in the tank. He came from a tank with 4 other angels so he might be a little bummed out being the only angel now, but I'm sure he will get used to it. I only got one because I am planning to add some discus down the road once the plants have grown out and the tank has been able to maintain consistent water parameters for a while. I know some people advise against doing them together but in terms of water parameters and temperament they should work together fine. I'm not in a rush to add them though. My first concern is getting this guy to eat more.
 
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