Strategies for converting WC fish off live food...

[Orthopod]

Any advice or recommendations for converting fish from live fish to frozen thawed and eventually pellets?

thanks in advance for the advice.

 

[FESHMAN]

Might help to mention the species in question because different fish have different behavior.

 

[Orthopod]

Might help to mention the species in question because different fish have different behavior.

Peacock bass

 

[Caveden]

same i need help too. my peacock bass won't eat anything but live feed and bloodworms. idk how to make it eat frozen food. been starving it for over 2 weeks and still no luck

 

[tlindsey]

same i need help too. my peacock bass won't eat anything but live feed and bloodworms. idk how to make it eat frozen food. been starving it for over 2 weeks and still no luck

Tony A.

 

[Rocksor]

same i need help too. my peacock bass won't eat anything but live feed and bloodworms. idk how to make it eat frozen food. been starving it for over 2 weeks and still no luck

Will it not eat frozen blood worms? If it is only eating live, then mix frozen bloodworms with live blood worms. Slow reduce the live compared to frozen, until it will eat frozen BW. Then you can start defrosting frozen BW with floating pellets. Throw in the frozen BW with the BW juice soaked pellets.

 

[Caveden]

Will it not eat frozen blood worms? If it is only eating live, then mix frozen bloodworms with live blood worms. Slow reduce the live compared to frozen, until it will eat frozen BW. Then you can start defrosting frozen BW with floating pellets. Throw in the frozen BW with the BW juice soaked pellets.
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Oh I mean it eats frozen bloodworms and live feeders. Won’t eat anything else like pellets or prawns.

 

[Rocksor]

Oh I mean it eats frozen bloodworms and live feeders. Won’t eat anything else like pellets or prawns.

Just defrost the frozen BW with anything you want it to eat in the refrigerator for a few hours, let BW liquid "marinate" the pellets/frozen fillet pieces, etc. Watch to see if the Pbass will take the marinated food and BW.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

One idea I found that works with pursuit predators was to essentially go "fishing" in a sense by tying a pellet to sowing string and dragging it across the top of the water. It atleast worked for me when I pellet trained a large mouth bass, Jaguar cichlid and 2 pike cichlids.

 

[Caveden]

One idea I found that works with pursuit predators was to essentially go "fishing" in a sense by tying a pellet to sowing string and dragging it across the top of the water. It atleast worked for me when I pellet trained a large mouth bass, Jaguar cichlid and 2 pike cichlids.

Ah I tried that before. It worked in training my arowana but not the bass.