Black Wolf Fish refusing to eat since being moved to a 6 foot aquarium,

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Last Sunday I moved my Black Wolf Fish to a 125 gallon aquarium along with other fish including a gold wolf. The gold wolf ate the next day. Now it's been well over a week and I have noticed my black wolf not interested in food. Tonight he went to eat tilapia sniffed it and back off. He ignores earthworms. Just the night before being moved he gobbled down like 5 or 6 full earthworms. Am I being too nervous? Could he still be settling in?
 
Still likely settling in. Just wait and make sure ur water parameters are correct.
 
Still likely settling in. Just wait and make sure ur water parameters are correct.
Will do. He is very active today so he must be hungry. I'll try feeding again tonight.
 
UPDATE:
My Black Wolf FINALLY ate last night. He took 2 whole night crawlers. I just hope he is not going to get picky and not accept tilapia or market shrimp again. When I put tilapia or shrimp in the tank he'll come out sniff it and then go back into his cave. In the 75 the tilapia and shrimp would have been devoured as soon as it went near him.
But if he just wants earthworms I guess I'll give in.
My gold wolf is acting super skittish all of a sudden. Anyone approaches the tank or if I take the lids off to feed he will act like one of my redhooks or black bars and has been seen trying to school with them. Weird.
 
The BW won't starve itself for worms... just keep providing tilapia/shrimp.

If the redhooks/blackbars are acting skittish in the tank then they are doing their job as dithers. It's not surprising the GW will act the same way since these RH/BB are dither fish.
 
When I moved my wolf didn’t eat for half a year … only snacked on the Endler colony in his tank ?
 
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mine did the same after moving tanks
 
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