Feeding my Jacks?

[Mr.Blue Jack]

Alright,
I have a 29 gallon tank with 3 EBJD males and (hopefully) a BGJD female, they are all about 1.5 to 2 inches long. (They will be getting a bigger tank soon, just don't have the money right now)
The EBJDs won't eat anything that I put in the tank except for frozen and freeze dried blood worms. I have tried all types of flakes, crisps, and pellets, even other types of frozen foods! (Krill, beef heart, tubifex worms) but all they will ever eat is blood worms.
Will they be okay living off of a diet of exclusively blood worms??

Thanks,
Spencer

 

[Loves severums]

try pellets and keep trying.

 

[stratelecaster]

Don't give them ANYTHING for a couple of days.
Then offer them a very small amount of what you're trying to get them to eat.
No dice? Wait another couple days and try again.
They won't starve themselves to death over a prefered food.

Teach them to know what you're going to feed them as opposed to them teaching you what they will and won't eat. You're the boss here and (should) know whats best for them as far as nutrition is concerned.

Don't let your fish "pimp" you!(Better have my frozen/freeze dried bloodworms or you don't get to see me eat!!)

Best of luck

 

[Cookie*]

^ what he said^

Starve your fish for a few days until they take what you're trying to get them onto. They will start to eat whatever you offer when they are hungry enough and will grow to like that food too. They won't starve themselves to death.

 

[Mr.Blue Jack]

Thanks for all the input guys! I'll try that out and keep you updated.

Next question, Hikari Cichlid Staple Baby Pellets, Hikari Micro wafers, Tetra min variety wafers, Omega one super color small pellets, or Tetra cichlid crisps? If it isnt on here what is your preference when it comes to flake/pellets?

 

[Amphilophus88]

Thanks for all the input guys! I'll try that out and keep you updated.

Next question, Hikari Cichlid Staple Baby Pellets, Hikari Micro wafers, Tetra min variety wafers, Omega one super color small pellets, or Tetra cichlid crisps? If it isnt on here what is your preference when it comes to flake/pellets?

I always feed Hikari cichlid gold, but I don't know if there is a "baby pellet" of cichlid gold.

 

[Mr.Blue Jack]

Yea, I feed cichlid gold to my African cichlid tank and my sa cichlid tank, but I don't have any that are small enough for my jacks, I might be able to find baby pellets in the cichlid gold too. But cichlid staple looks pretty good, so I think I'll just go with that for now.