Ive decided that I will try feeding them nightcrawlers, blood worms, black worms, earth worms, brine shrimp, krill shrimp, and regular shrimp. Hopefully, I'll be able to get them eating some of these foods. I will also try to get freeze dried versions of these foods when possible.
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try getting them onto shrimp?
pretty easy IME...
just drop food into the powerhead and theyll think its live food.
IME once they taste shrimp theyll never go back.
pretty easy IME...
just drop food into the powerhead and theyll think its live food.
IME once they taste shrimp theyll never go back.
I was able to pick up some frozen bloodworms, frozen krill shrimp, and sinking carnivor pellets (unfortunately, my lfs didn't have massivore 
). I was also able to pick up some nightcrawlers at another store. I dumped the bloodworms, krill shrimp and a nightcrawler in the tank, and it seems as if the bloodworms are gone
. Once they start eating the krill shrimp and nightcrawlers, I am going to start with the pellets. I guess if they don't eat I just won't feed them, having that they have some bloodworms, krill shrimp, a now dead nightcrawler and three feeders the tank, they will eat something eventually.
I also did a 30% water change with treated water, which I treated with nutrafin cycle and aquaplus, and put some api stresscoat and nutrafin cycle in the tank (unfortunately, I ran out of aquaplus and cycle last night).
). I was also able to pick up some nightcrawlers at another store. I dumped the bloodworms, krill shrimp and a nightcrawler in the tank, and it seems as if the bloodworms are gone. Once they start eating the krill shrimp and nightcrawlers, I am going to start with the pellets. I guess if they don't eat I just won't feed them, having that they have some bloodworms, krill shrimp, a now dead nightcrawler and three feeders the tank, they will eat something eventually.I also did a 30% water change with treated water, which I treated with nutrafin cycle and aquaplus, and put some api stresscoat and nutrafin cycle in the tank (unfortunately, I ran out of aquaplus and cycle last night).
channarox;2663609; said:try getting them onto shrimp?
pretty easy IME...
just drop food into the powerhead and theyll think its live food.
IME once they taste shrimp theyll never go back.
Unfortunately I don't have a powerhead in the tank, but I'll see if they eat the now unfrozen floating krill shrimp.
SOKO;2662574; said:
Check out his sticky
It's helped a few members out.http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33661
benzjamin13;2665909; said:Check out his sticky
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33661
Yeah I saw that, hopefully my way is going to work and if not I'll try doing that for a while. Something has to give to get these guys to eat.
SOKO;2666002; said:
Sticks
Sticks look more like feeders than pellets Once they decide to get on the sticks.. A while later you can move to pellets, as they will have acquired the taste from the sticks. Just my experience
And I am all about the Dieselmack Way Proven in many cases over and over 
Tongue33;2668716; said:Sticks
Just my experience
What kind of sticks do you guys recommend? I definately am willing to try any way, but I just want to try mine first, then I will try deiselmack's
