Sorry for the delay, make it into a fine powder and mix it in thoroughly. Try mixing one pellet finely crushed into a powder.
I starved my jar for +3 weeks at a time and I gave in 3 occasions. Starving just didnt work for my jar but the blood worm/pellet trick worked within two weeks. But bloodworms are perfectly fine until the jar can get to a bulky size which is around 8 inches to submit to starving.
heres my little growth thread.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?561893-The-Life-of-violet-the-jardini