My new flowerhorn seems to be eating everything but pellets, anyone have any tips to get him eating some?
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- Thread starter Meowmix
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Starve him...bump up the temperature to 83-86 degrees. Let him starve for 2 days and 2 nights. Try it afterward, if it won't eat still. Feed him what he eats and starve him again, but this time make it 3 days and 3 nights. It should start making eat...never give a flowerhorn on how they want. Treat them as a dog, a stubborn flowerhorn is no good.
1. Stop feeding all other foods. Your fish isn't going to convert to pellets if it doesn't have to.
2. Pre-soak your pellets in bloodworm juice, and eventually it will figure it out. Once it begins eating the pre-soaked pellets consistently, stop pre-soaking them.
Increased temp can also help as it will increase the fishes metabolism.
2. Pre-soak your pellets in bloodworm juice, and eventually it will figure it out. Once it begins eating the pre-soaked pellets consistently, stop pre-soaking them.
Increased temp can also help as it will increase the fishes metabolism.
No sir thought about it a few times but it was to pricey, traded in some discus i had for the flowerhorn I had at work.
grrr he is still not eating pellets, anymore tips. I tried soaking the pellets in the blood worm juices along with soaking them in garlic, nothing.......
this is probably true, it's a shame he is as cute as he is it is so tempting to feed him blood worms, but alas NO
Just keeping feeding the BW soaked pellets once a day, it may take several days for him to come around. Patience grasshopper. 