damn NGT won't eat pellets! Advice please

[Ade]

Nice one. Marinate and garlic worked for you.

 

[nomad]

NGTs are the most aggressive datniods of all. There is a low chance of getting him on cheap food at the stage he is at. Just keep starving him. Soon he will realized that the pellets are his only food. Very rarely will a fish starve to death

this is how you got YOUR ngt off live ? I guess not, since you mentioned that you don't own one.... so refrain to give advice that is not based on experience.

I got my NGT off live, when the fish was around 2.5" and this thread was extremely helpful:
http://aquaticpredators.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7224

 

[888fish]

IMO and experience, I would have starved my NGT to death trying to feed it pellets. After trying for so long, it became very thin. I felt is needed to get used to eating again, so I gave in by feeding it frozen bloodworms daily for while. Then, its important to get back to my goal of it eating pellets. In short, feed it what is will eat, marinated with what you want it to eat daily (garlic extract helps too). If it still doesn't take it, then feed it only this mix sparingly throughout the week. It will work. My NGT is the most stubborn SOB. Getting my cichla Azul and 8" IT to eat floating cichlid gold pellets was much easier. Just my experience, maybe it'll help someone one day.

JJ

 

[Ade]

this is how you got YOUR ngt off live ? I guess not, since you mentioned that you don't own one.... so refrain to give advice that is not based on experience.

I was thinking the same thing.