Fahaka extremely picky

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Kyel3840

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I just got a 2 1/2 inch Fahaka and offered him raw shrimp but he didn't touch it. Also offered him frozen krill which was dethawed but he just picked at it and left it alone. What should I feed him to get him to eat
 
How long have you had him exactly??? Could be just a matter of needing to settle down first...
 
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How long have you had it? It may just be settling in if it's fairly recent. You will want it on high crunch foods for beak control, but try Canadian night crawlers. Unless it's belly is sunken in drastically I would just keep trying shrimp.

Shell on shrimp, frozen crayfish, clams on the half shell, crab, snails, and Canadian night crawlers was basically my mix. I soaked them in vitachem except for the worms. I bred marbled crayfish in a tub for a little bit, but mine out ate the breeding abilities.

Keep an eye out for signs of internal parasites to.
 
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Mine is two years old and just started taking froze shrimp. He loves live shrimp, but always turned his nose up at the frozen stuff. Blood worms, live ghost shrimp and snails were the way to go when he was baby. He has branched out to clams, mussels, crab, crawfish, and frozen shrimp as he aged.
But, he was very picky as a baby. Now he's pretty much a garbage disposal. If it goes in the tank he'll take a bite at it.
 
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