4-5 inch retic ray not eating

[MD123MD]

I just got this ray 2 days ago and have tried everything to get it feeding- frozen bloodworms, beefhearts, massivore. what can i try doing next? and how many days is normal for a ray to refuse eating when its placed in a new tank?

 

[andersp90]

I just got this ray 2 days ago and have tried everything to get it feeding- frozen bloodworms, beefhearts, massivore. what can i try doing next? and how many days is normal for a ray to refuse eating when its placed in a new tank?

Its normal. Dont worry. Just keep trying with bloodworms. It will eat within a few days, if you use bloodworms.

 

[haynchinook334]

find out what it ate at the petshop you bought it from. i find it hard to switch food with my retic.

 

[MD123MD]

unfortunately the petshop had it eating feeders which i want to break from. im going to keep going with the bloodworms and then i'll try switching to pellets as i go.

 

[andersp90]

unfortunately the petshop had it eating feeders which i want to break from. im going to keep going with the bloodworms and then i'll try switching to pellets as i go.

Keep using bloodworms. Will take a day a two. 1 week max. But she will take them at some point. Dont try anything else before she is fat and eating.

 

[Newt]

I would try some live earthworms, the smaller ones like redworms or trout worms. If the ray is used to live foods it may not eat frozen bloodworms right away. The important thing with small retrics is to get them eating.

Get it eating, fatten it up, then worry about switching foods.

 

[haynchinook334]

Keep using bloodworms. Will take a day a two. 1 week max. But she will take them at some point. Dont try anything else before she is fat and eating.

Agreed!!! blood worms intill she gets fat.

 

[Miles]

blackworms, red wigglers, trout worms.. smaller the better. Live foods. try ghost shrimp, too.

Andersp90~ I've heard that Europe and Asia get much higher quality bloodworms than us over here.. can you buy them 'Live'? I've seen your scobina feeding video and your bloodworms look chunky and healthy and ours are usually small flakey garbage.

 

[Fish Room Plus]

Forget about all the other foods...black worms & more black worms

 

[andersp90]

blackworms, red wigglers, trout worms.. smaller the better. Live foods. try ghost shrimp, too.

Andersp90~ I've heard that Europe and Asia get much higher quality bloodworms than us over here.. can you buy them 'Live'? I've seen your scobina feeding video and your bloodworms look chunky and healthy and ours are usually small flakey garbage.

No idea. We cant buy live bloodworms here. But i must agree on the quality. All the worms are in one pice. Frozen though.

Dont know anything about the US bloodworms.