iuno maybe your atf been eatin that diet only that it doesnt accept the many different varieties. when i got mine, i got them to eat everything early. bloodworms,krill,drykrill,brineshrimp,ghostshrimp,small feeders,guppies,rosies. really makes me happy to see them eating =D .. oh yeah lots of money..
They are awesome fish, I have 4 of them. Mine eat mostly smelt, shrimp from the market, krill, and catfish filets. On a very rare occassion, I'll spoil them with feeders which have been treated for parasites and gutloaded.
i feed mine atfs everything possible, crawfish, ghostshrimps, bloodworms, guppies, small feeders, minnows, rosies, krill, drykrill, dry shrimp. got them in a habbit as a youngn's