Feeding Altums?

[mrrobxc]

Hello evryone.

I just picked up 5 Wild altums from another hobbyist who had them acclimated to captive life since august. He kept them at 6.3. I'm a bit uihher at 6.8-7. I have had them a day now and they slowly pick at frozen blood worms. They ignored the live blackworms. The guy j bought them from only fed him frozen blood worms.

My question is, how do I wean them onto other foods? Also, everything I need about them is tat altums are aggressive eaters. Is there sk.ething j should be concerned with or are they just in need of some time to become comfortable.

Even wild discus eat quickly.

Thanks!

 

[mrrobxc]

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[Aquanero]

Give them some time.

 

[Woefulrelic]

I think time is the answer as well. I find that once a couple start eating heavily the others instinctively want to eat whatever they are working on. Food frenzy is a real phenomenon in my experience.

 

[peathenster]

Won't be hard. Mine eat everything. They were on frozen blackworms before I run out, and now they are on flakes and PE mysis.

 

[mrrobxc]

Won't be hard. Mine eat everything. They were on frozen blackworms before I run out, and now they are on flakes and PE mysis.

Thanks Pete. I need to find two mor altum.

 

[peathenster]

Oops, I meant to say freeze dried black worms, not frozen ones.

 

[mrrobxc]

I just ordered a bunch of fd blackworms from simplydiscus.