Endli not eating?

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Gobrian44

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Hey everyone i got an endli on friday from my LFS and the first night i had him he ate one of the tiger barbs. but since then i haven't seen him eat at all. He is a very big/thick 8"+. i have seen him try to eat some of the other fish in the tank and seems to be swimming around well. Should i be worried what should i do? he did have some blood worms 2 days ago but not many.

Anyone else have this problem and what did u do? i feed him hikari pellets and shrimp pellets. I have 4 sens and 2 dels in with him that all eat well.

here is the big guy.
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I just got a 4.5" endli two weeks ago, I had trouble getting him to eat but then I got some frozen silversides and he's been gorging himself now! Freezedried krill also worked.
 
Give it time he is doing just fine IMO. Especially if he can catch a damn tiger barb! Usually takes at least a week / food adjustment before they start feeding sometimes two weeks. Ive been lucky.
 
alright thanks i figured he wouldn't starve to death but just wondering when he'd come around like the others.
 
I think if there is still tiger barbs there with him in the tank he will eventually eat them when his hungry. My bichirs at times won't eat anything i drop in the tank but feeders were always present inside tank, time to time when I check and find their numbers diminish so i concluded that at night the bichirs would go out hunting when they get hungry.

I also agree with others to give it time to adjust to its surroundings

Happy Bichir keeping :)
 
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