Anything I can do to encourage feeding?
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it's mostly a matter about letting the gar get comfortable. water conditions, waterflow, cover and tankmates definately play a large part in deciding how much time it is before your gar starts to feed. also, what are you feeding it in comparison to its diet in its previous home?
xander;3634391; said:
I agree with everything XANDER typed. it's also about waiting. at some point, your gar will eat. it took my first gar about 3 weeks before he took food. It took my second gar about 2 weeks. one thing that i've started doing recently, is using a bbq skewer and placing krill or silversides on the end of it and placing it in the tank, next to the gar. i do this because they're slow moving fish and i have them housed with fish that are faster, greedier and more aggressive when feeding. this guarantees my 2 gars a fair amount of food.
I took a dead feeder and just wiggled it into the water.
And he took the bait, but my Gar was very easily tempted, and still eats out of my hand.
Now if i just throw in a feeder it will take ages for him to take it.
He's gotten so used to handfeeding!
Good luck!
And he took the bait, but my Gar was very easily tempted, and still eats out of my hand.
Now if i just throw in a feeder it will take ages for him to take it.
He's gotten so used to handfeeding!
Good luck!