Black Aros won't eat

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Chizzle

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So I picked up 3 black aros last tuesday and 2/3 still wont eat. 1 of them is happily munching on hikari carnisticks, but the other two avoid/ignore the sticks. Should I be worried? Don't want to feed live if i can avoid it. I've also tried freeze dried bloodworms, frozen bloodworms, and freeze dried krill. I've never run into this problem before, my previous aros ate after a few days and even my wild caught cichlas. The blacks are wild caught and are still a bit skittish when i approach the tank, but they just swim away from me and dont really jump.
 
try gut loaded meal worms or crickets. thats how i got my black to eat at first. took about 6 months to get it on hikari sticks, just mixed it in with the meal worms and it eventually took the pellets
 
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