Exactly the same here. Both my ntt smash pellets.
They completely ignore prawn and muscle. Both eat massivore. Cichkid gold and sturgeon pellet. So easy to feed.
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What is it about NTTs..
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They completely ignore prawn and muscle. Both eat massivore. Cichkid gold and sturgeon pellet. So easy to feed.
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Too small to do eat or die at the moment imo.
Id feed prawn till they are 3-4 inch. Then you can try est or die.
But if it gets sunken belly amd so thin it looks likes the eyes wikl pop out..
Then top him up on prawn then repeat method
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You could try to train him the way I trained some of my It's. feed shrimp stuffed with pellets and slowly start putting less and less shrimp with the pellet and they should take the pellets alone after a couple of weeks.
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I feel different to others on they they are never to small to start on pellets
Infact the sooner you start the better as they get hooked on foods fast and hard to get them to change
The day to start is the day you get them as most small tigers you get from shops are starving so they will go for the first thing you drop in the tank
I just got a thumb nail size IT that was very skinny I put it in my small tank and feed it tetra prima and it took it then other pellets
No I have never had a fish die from starvation
I got a 4" thin bar that took 6 weeks before it would even take prawn
If you start panicking after one week you will never get them feeding
4-6 weeks is the normal time they give in
Get them to feed them well in the shop before you bring them home
Then when you bring them home new tank new rules they eat what you feed them
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Infact the sooner you start the better as they get hooked on foods fast and hard to get them to change
The day to start is the day you get them as most small tigers you get from shops are starving so they will go for the first thing you drop in the tank
I just got a thumb nail size IT that was very skinny I put it in my small tank and feed it tetra prima and it took it then other pellets
No I have never had a fish die from starvation
I got a 4" thin bar that took 6 weeks before it would even take prawn
If you start panicking after one week you will never get them feeding
4-6 weeks is the normal time they give in
Get them to feed them well in the shop before you bring them home
Then when you bring them home new tank new rules they eat what you feed them
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I agree with T1, the sooner the better. They are more likely to give in when younger.
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Thanks guys...
Just a reminder, that this thread was not started about getting my fish from shrimp to pellets. Somehow it's got changed into that subject. I was able to do that easily with fish that ate prawn. The thread is about 2 NTTs that refuse to eat anything but blood worms.
Just a reminder, that this thread was not started about getting my fish from shrimp to pellets. Somehow it's got changed into that subject. I was able to do that easily with fish that ate prawn. The thread is about 2 NTTs that refuse to eat anything but blood worms.
Have you tried starving them and then giving shrimp?
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Yes for a full week, but T1 is saying that's nothing. Since they are tiny, they do get very skinny, even after just a week of not eating.
Will you be as able to do it for 4-6 weeks?
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My 3" NTT just died this week from eat or die method. It was in a tank with other non-aggressive fish and saw them eating pellets but never touched one. It was eating shrimp pieces before the diet train. So it was swimming around looking for food but never touching a pellet and died...after a couple of months!
