... i know there have been posts about this before, I'm not really finding exactly what I need though with the searches.
I have a ~12"-14" florida, picked him up from snookn21 almost a year ago. Gar is in 180 with a pair of ~10" oscars, has been for a awhile now. I recently removed an aggressive Texas cichlid that was stressing all the fish out. The oscars generally leave the gar be, occasionally they give him a little bump or nudge but there is no chasing or anything.
Up to this point, I have been feeding the gar thawed shrimp stuffed with NLS pellets with no problem (delivering with a wooden skewer to get it past the oscars). I believe he was wild caught, and it took some time to get him to even take the shrimp. Bit of a pain but seemed to be working well. However, for the last couple of weeks the gar's appetite seems to be drastically decreasing. He now hasn't taken any food in about 4 days. Besides removing the Texas a month or so ago, there have been zero changes to the routine (feeding schedule, water changes, etc) and he appears to be healthy other than the lack of appetite.
So... thoughts or advice? Was thinking this may be a good time to try and get him onto pellets, but I'm not sure how long is too long to wait (in terms of him actually trying the pellets or associating them with being food).
I have a ~12"-14" florida, picked him up from snookn21 almost a year ago. Gar is in 180 with a pair of ~10" oscars, has been for a awhile now. I recently removed an aggressive Texas cichlid that was stressing all the fish out. The oscars generally leave the gar be, occasionally they give him a little bump or nudge but there is no chasing or anything.
Up to this point, I have been feeding the gar thawed shrimp stuffed with NLS pellets with no problem (delivering with a wooden skewer to get it past the oscars). I believe he was wild caught, and it took some time to get him to even take the shrimp. Bit of a pain but seemed to be working well. However, for the last couple of weeks the gar's appetite seems to be drastically decreasing. He now hasn't taken any food in about 4 days. Besides removing the Texas a month or so ago, there have been zero changes to the routine (feeding schedule, water changes, etc) and he appears to be healthy other than the lack of appetite.
So... thoughts or advice? Was thinking this may be a good time to try and get him onto pellets, but I'm not sure how long is too long to wait (in terms of him actually trying the pellets or associating them with being food).