he doesnt even seem to take notice of the shrimp though. just constantly swimming against the glass. he only ate 1 feeder last night so hes got to be hungry.
if he's still constantly swimming against the glass it's likely environmental and less behavioral at this point. i'd point to tankmates bothering him or making him nervous. keep at the feeding attempts, but if he keeps rubbing against the glass isolation will likely be necessary--joworth;2582822; said:he doesnt even seem to take notice of the shrimp though. just constantly swimming against the glass. he only ate 1 feeder last night so hes got to be hungry.
Thats is indeed a very good sign. If he continues to eat shrimp and possibly krill it will be in no time at all that it shall try out and eat pellets and anything else yu throw into the tank. Good luckjoworth;2585833; said:got a good meal in him and not rubbing on the glass anymore. in fact i hand fed him 2 feeders. then while feeding the pbass he ate a piece of shrimp and then i got him to hit a freeze dried krill but he spit that out. a good sign indeed.
so polypterus, do you just not offer any live foods, only prepared, untill they finally do eat?Polypterus;2580130; said:Exactly.. it is nothing but patience and persistence... I've never had a gar of any species that refused prepared foods or would not take them.... and I've kept a hell of a lot of gars...