Feeding help

[Red618]

Any tricks out there to get my fire mouth, gt and jd to accept pellets? They only accept frozen and just state at the pellets as they sink.

 

[Stepnik]

How big are they?
The best way I have found to change a diet, is to only serve that type of food from now on. They may not eat for a day or 2, but once they realize that it is the pellets or nothing, they will take the pellets.

Edit: In fact it took my cthenapoma almost 5 days to switch from cichlid flakes (which he grew up on with another aquarist) to hikari gold pellets.

 

[Red618]

How big are they?
The best way I have found to change a diet, is to only serve that type of food from now on. They may not eat for a day or 2, but once they realize that it is the pellets or nothing, they will take the pellets.

Edit: In fact it took my cthenapoma almost 5 days to switch from cichlid flakes (which he grew up on with another aquarist) to hikari gold pellets.

They are still little guys only 3 inches. Just want to get them going on pellets so I can use frozen as treats once or twice a week.

 

[Rocksor]

How long have they been eating frozen?

 

[Red618]

How long have they been eating frozen?

The guy I bought them from started then out on frozen. My EBJD eats both I was hoping seeing him eat the pellets they would try it but the other 3 will have no part in it.

 

[Covetous]

Let them wait a couple days. Then try soaking the pellets in Garlic Guard. Only a few at a time. That's how I got my leapord cat to switch, he was stubborn as hell.

 

[jonclark96]

You could even go a week without feeding, then give them only pellets. I haven't seen many cichlids starve to death.

 

[ehh]

I'd starve them out. Those guys aren't nortorious for not accepting pellets.

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

Starving has a good success rate (100%) , unless you give in.
I have been successful with quite few notorious ones including a peacock bass , who once in a while retaliates by trying to have a go at my hand.