Chinese Perch and live food

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try threading a shrimp thru fishing line and then dangle it infront of the perch. make it look alive and the perch will get the idea. works well for predatory fishes. ;)
 
starve it. A good sized fish like that ( if healthy ) can go a few weeks at least of not feeding. Just keep on throwing shrimps or silversides in front of it and it will eventually break down.

I have an 16 inch arowana right now thats the same way. Its even worse in fact. This is the only aro ive ever had that doesnt know how to hunt feeder fish ! It only eats worms that i buy from our seller here McGavin. It even ignores california nightcrawler ( except when chopped and soaked in worm juice). Its been fasting for almost a month now and it just ate 4 large pieces of shrimp last night.

I also add this since i think this helped. . . I added salt to the tank last night. It might be a coincidence but theres no harm in trying.
 
EMERGENCY!!!! my 2INCH CHINESE PERCH.... hasnt ate anything for almost 2 weeks. ive been starving it till it eats market shrimp...... u think itll die on me? the fact that its only 2 inchs and havent ate for almost 2 weeks? i dont want to give it a feeder then i will prolly have to starve it again.
 
I havent had any luck getting mine off of feeders:(
 
UPDATE!!
I got it to take cocktail shrimp last night. I used a fishing line and made it move a lot and he nailed it. I'll keep that up for a while and hopefully he'll start taking it on his own.
 
rallysman said:
UPDATE!!
I got it to take cocktail shrimp last night. I used a fishing line and made it move a lot and he nailed it. I'll keep that up for a while and hopefully he'll start taking it on his own.
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Congrats...Maybe that little guy will start growing :ROFL:

That would be nice not to have to buy all those feeders.
 
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