Barbonymus altus - What does these guys eat?

[Aircut64]

Hi guys!

So I just got a couple of Barbonymus altus, they're really gorgeous!
But I'm wondering, what does these guys eat? Any ideas?
They won't take my Hikari pellets, so. I guess I have to try out a new option for these guys!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Drizzt]

Found this on theaquariumwiki.com

In the wild, this Barb often invades flooded rice patties and eats the crop. It appreciates vegetable matter but is reluctant to eat floating vegetables. These fish like peas, zucchini and cooked rice. It will eat any fish or invertebrate small enough to fit in it's mouth. It greedily accepts all aquarium foods. As with most Cyprinids, the Red-tail will continue to eat until there is no food left; it does not register being "full." An occasional treat of live prey could be provided such as brine shrimp, but some younger specimens are too timid to accept these foods before their tank-mates have eaten the last one.