FH not interested in earthworm

[tenshi032]

Hi guys,

Just curious if any of your fish is not interested in eating earthworm? I am currently feeding pellet food for my FH, and want to change their food to earthworm, but seems like my FH isnt interested in it.

The moment i put in the earthworm, my FH swim away, seems not interested in eating it. But when i put the earthworm into my tank of Blood Parrots, they eat it within secs.

Any advice on how to change the diet of my FH to take earthworm instead. Appreciate all helps!

 

[J. H.]

Why would you want your FH to eat only earthworms? Pellet is probably a healthier diet.

 

[troublesum]

My F1 Midas only eats pellets no shrimp, blood worms, live worms, nothing only pellets be happy he likes pellets

 

[tenshi032]

is there any way to change his diet to live food?

 

[Rocksor]

starve him for 2-4 weeks

 

[tenshi032]

a LFS recommended earthworm as they would be able to buff up my FH, so would like to try feeding it live worm.

so confused should i continue with the pellet foods or completely give up on changing it's diet

 

[Rocksor]

pellet foods provide the best nutrition, as long as you are using a good brand

 

[Hendre]

My knifefish also dislike earthworms for some reason. Maybe try purging the worms in a moist container with paper towel for 24 hrs and throw them in with a pellet or two. Maybe this will invoke interest

 

[Gourami Swami]

If he is eating the pellets happily, and will eat a lot of them, then sticking with what he likes is probably better than attempting to switch him to something that he doesn't seem interested in. As pellets are more balanced anyway, I would just offer him more of the pellets.

 

[appak]

staying on pellets is the easiest and possibly best idea.

if you do insist on switching it over to earthworms, you may need to starve it.

also, feed the earthworms the pellets that the fish is currently eating - at least this way it should get the extra nutrition from the pellets as well.