Best Food For JD's

[DawnMichele]

Hi everyone!!! I have noticed for a while that Rocky prefers Bloodworm's over pellet's. How do I get him to eat more pellet's?

 

[pops]

feed less blood worms, they should be a treat once or twice a week, but day in and day out a quality cichlid pellet. may even cut them out for a few weeks till he imprints on just pellets. then feed them again as a treat.

 

[Jexnell]

My JDs preferred sinking pellets, but would only eat after they soaked for a bit and softened up some.

 

[DawnMichele]

Thanks Pops & Jexnell!!! I will feed more pellet's and less BW's. He' going to be mad at me!!! LOL!!!

 

[PYRU]

Id cut out the bw's anyway.

 

[DawnMichele]

Id cut out the bw's anyway.

Thanks. I will!!!

 

[Seedy J]

How about Hikari Vibra Bites? It's a prepared food that looks like bloodworms. I have a ~3" JD who's still in quarantine... he doesn't like NLS pellets but he loves the Vibra Bites and spirulina flakes.

 

[DawnMichele]

How about Hikari Vibra Bites? It's a prepared food that looks like bloodworms. I have a ~3" JD who's still in quarantine... he doesn't like NLS pellets but he loves the Vibra Bites and spirulina flakes.

Thank you so much. I will look into those!!!

 

[pelleeklund]

I think if you hold off and maybe feed once a day you can get it eating pellets no problem. Just a bit each day and see if he eats, probably will, never seen a JD that had a problem with pellets. Pretty easy fish to get to eat whatever.

 

[duanes]

In nature they are omnivores and end up getting about half their diet in the form of the abundant algae, and fallen leaf littler, so a good quality pellet laced with Spirulina would be my choice.