GARth Vader the lord of the fish

[suckerfish]

Is he hitting pellets?

 

[beau1990]

No not yet, when I first got him I was afraid he was too small for the "eat this or die" approach and I know the longer hes on live the harder it will be to break him, hes been raised on mosquito larva and guppies

 

[beau1990]

Anybody got any tips or advice on when to /how to start breaking him?

 

[MultiTankMatt]

My advice is to wait until he's hungry and then feed an injured guppy. Do that for a bit. The goal is for him to associate you with food. You want him to recognise that you are feeding him. That you bring food. That way he is more apt to see something new (pellets) as food - you bring food, so what you put in the tank must be food. I hope that makes sense.

 

[beau1990]

Mmmok and then on to like tilapia cuts?

 

[suckerfish]

Have you tried pellets? Is it wild caught?

 

[beau1990]

Have you tried pellets? Is it wild caught?

Yes its wild caught (like down the road local stream wild caught) i have tried vibra bites and he hasn't ahown any interest my other pellets sink to fast for him it seems and the polys get to them first

 

[MultiTankMatt]

Mmmok and then on to like tilapia cuts?

Tilapia pieces just might work better than pellets. They are nice and "fishy" and you can even cut them skinny to mimick the profile of a baitfish

 

[beau1990]

Tilapia pieces just might work better than pellets. They are nice and "fishy" and you can even cut them skinny to mimick the profile of a baitfish

Good idea ill give that a shot as well

 

[TheWolfman]

I love the name. When I pellet trained my gar I would wait until he was at the top of the water and I would throw floating pellets at his head. His instinct was to strike at them. After a wile he ate them. Eventually he would target them on hos own.