It is nice looking and I would stuff the prawn with pellets for more nutrition for the dat.Have you tried freeze dried krill?..I think shrimp and prawn must be a part of their natural diet in the wild as most dats can't seem to resist them...most that I have had anyhow.
Thanks, Krich.
I can stuff the prawn, but considering it's been 6 weeks, I wonder if I should just hold out. Everyday I say, surely he'll break today, but no dice. I haven't tried freeze dried krill, only thawed.
He's a good looking one! Reminds me of my IT. I love them! <--- my avatar
I try to feed mine MS once in a while but he wants nothing to do with them. He will nose them and then ignore. He holds out for tilapia though. I can usually get mine eating pellets if I hold out on the tilapia.
Thanks. Yours is very nice as well and good pic.
I feed silversides (whole frozen fish), but haven't tried fillets. Maybe I'll give that a shot.
I agree with stuffing the prawn with pellets-I don't think its good long term to feed a fish just prawn.
My NGT only ate worms when I first got it-I weaned it onto prawn and now stuff the prawn with Massivore but have slowly over time reduced the piece of prawn I put the pellet in. Yesterday it took a Massivore by itself but spat it out after a minute or so and I reckon it'll soon take Massivore on its own. It's growth has been better putting the pellet in the prawn. I got the fish last November so that'll give you an idea of just how long it's took
Thanks.
It's not a good idea to feed strictly prawn since it has thiaminase. If yours is mouthing the Massivore, I wouldn't feed it anything but because you're very close.
Yes, that's good info for the timeline. I'm trying to avoid the prawn altogether at this point.
I'm going to try some fillets and if that doesn't work, I'll start packing the prawn with pellets in about 2 weeks. I don't want him to go without eating for more than 2 months, however, everyday he goes without eating now, I think he's just that much closer to taking something else.