Mine didn't accept pellets until he was 7.5 inches, but that might have been because I have the medium sized pellets, lol. Well actually I cut them in half before and he still didn't take them. My silver was on flakes until then and I would ocassionally throw in a pellet to see what he'd do. He'd suck it in his mouth try to chew for a bit then would eventually spit it back out. Then at 7.5 in I decided to starve him out. He only went 1 day without food before caving in, lol.
aro with pellets?
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Just began starving my aro so I can train it to eat pellets. It's not even 36 hours later and my fish is giving me a guilt trip with its innocent eyes. Sometimes, I even feel it's giving me the 'evil eye' for doing injustice to him.
My aro's really hungry right now, but I'm being strong and not giving in. How long am I suppose to starve it for??? I really pray a bad karma debt is not paid back to me in the next life. I'm thinking that because I'm starving my fish right now, I'll starve for this later because of my actions.
Any thoughts?
My aro's really hungry right now, but I'm being strong and not giving in. How long am I suppose to starve it for??? I really pray a bad karma debt is not paid back to me in the next life. I'm thinking that because I'm starving my fish right now, I'll starve for this later because of my actions.
Any thoughts?
yea jsut woke up it sbeen about 24 hours of him not taking food.gonna try pellets again right now
For a jardini that size you can add a busy tankmate. Like a parrot or a smaller catfish (not RTC!!). The jardini will want to compete and eat the other guy's food, being the pellets. My 15 inch jardini now eats everthing i put into the tank due to this. I can barely get any algea wafers to hit the substrate before he swoops them all up, and that's just odd to me. haha
This is just a suggestion if the other stuff doesn't work really, I'm not saying it'll work for sure. I just wouldn't starve a fish that young really. They should be eating often, I fed mine at least twice a day at that stage. Mostly FD Krill. (which is NOT the same thing as shrimp, they're different animals that look the same. otherwise they'd be called shimp)
This is just a suggestion if the other stuff doesn't work really, I'm not saying it'll work for sure. I just wouldn't starve a fish that young really. They should be eating often, I fed mine at least twice a day at that stage. Mostly FD Krill. (which is NOT the same thing as shrimp, they're different animals that look the same. otherwise they'd be called shimp)
