Big Fat Endli Endli !

[Pataphysicist]

So i've had this baby for around 6 months. He is a wild caught specimen around 17" now, he was 14 " when I got him. When he first arrived the guy starved himself for a month and half. I thought he was going to die on me, very stubborn eater, he refuses till this day to even try nibbling at a pellet ... He eats tilapia chunks maybe 2 pieces at most when is feeding time. But 2 months ago I found his favorite meal ! He goes nuts !!!! for Big fat juicy earth worms. So I bought a 100 batch of them and currently keeping them in a nice container with food , water etc. but now the guy don't even want to eat tilapia, he just wants his worms . Its fine with me, since they're nutritious , but am I doing the right thing for only feeding him earthworms? Any long term down side to this? If a better food out there lmk and how to wing him to it. Don't say prawns etc, atm he's only eating earth worms. He won't take nothing else

 

[in_the_seance]

Get one of those worm plumper thing or a hypodermic needle of a larger size and fill the worms with crushed pellets. The smaller the needle the finer you'll need to crush the pellet. I had to do this for a shovelnose sturgeon he wouldn't eat anything but worms so I crushed hikari sturgeon and plumped some worms. I keep whatever crawlers I catch from the yard in a 40 gal tote filled with dirt in the shade. Maybe change out 1/4 of dirt once a month pull them into the shed when it's winter. Feed them that worm food powder. I would say mixing his diet is important for long term health.

 

[jaws7777]

Nice suggestions o have a lap that is doing the same thing...kind of je wont eat anything