14cm Mono peacock bass not eating

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Howzit guys , so I have 4 mono pbass , of which they was introduced to my tank a month ago , 1 took really well to hikari sticks , but the other 3 have not shown any interest in any tipe of food whatsoever (prawn , hake , shrimspp or pellets) except live food...
I just won't give them life food , problem is my arowana eats prawn and I don't want it on live , so I refuse.
I have tried jerking some pieces of food on a needle & gut but the aro goes straight for it , non the less I through some pieces on the bottom but swim right past it even with the wafemaker on , it's been a month now , will these guys eventually die because seems like they not getting food , they all are very active in the tank always picking pecking order , please help...
can they go for 2 months??
 
it's been 1 month , no they don't take any worms , nothing , not even looking at a piece of food floating past them...
nada , they were raised on live food
 
How big are they?. Might put them in another tank. And start to train them to eat from your fingers. There's a post on how to go from live to pellets . It works. I have 2 Oscars 2 koi and 5 Pbass going for my hand at the same time. You will get wet. LOL
OK just saw they are about 6", it will still work.
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unfortunately I don't have another tank for them , they 14-15cm , stricky situation I know
 
Well good luck. They might come around. They got to get hungry sooner or later.
 
Thank you , I got some frozen lance fish , will try those cut up coz they to big
 
It might just take time cos they have only seen live food previously and they’re in a new environment and perhaps the Arowana putting them off slightly I would imagine they will eat when ready.
Another option some people have done is add some cheap fish that are not shy and that feed well to encourage your bass.
 
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silver sides? This is what I used years ago to get him of live,
 
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