FINALLY. the rtg is taking hikari pellets

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aeri

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finally. after i don't even know how many months, i got my rtg to eat hikari sticks.
i originally had the rtg in its own tank and continued to do 2-3 week starve regiments. the best i could get was taking the sticks but spitting out pieces.

then i moved the rtg into my cichlid tank (my malawi cichlids only nibble here and there, so i wasn't too worried about him getting too hurt), i figured that since they are all aggressive eaters, the rtg could learn from them and learn how to fight for food and not be picky. and after a month of feeding regular spiriluna flakes, cichlid pellets, dried gammarus, and hikari sticks...IT FINALLY WORKED, he takes everything now, even flakes surprisingly. he has barely grown since i first got him, but now with pellets i'm hoping he'll grow nice and healthy very soon.

here's some vids of my fish eating

rtg eating hikari
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my paroon the vacuum
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knife eating hikari
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motoro eating hikari
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Sweet vids, congrats on getting your rtg on food sticks:cheers:
 
Yes indeed...

I had the same problem as well..

My silver when i got him 3 months ago would not accept anything pellet or sticks related..

It wasn't until i introduced Africans and Jack dempseys inside that he started to fight for food.. Mine got liking bloodworms, bine shrimp, then feeders, and finally crickets, and now arowana sticks..

(The trick that i did was combine bine shrimp with the sticks.. they look alike and smell similar... he slowly got into it now)
 
i think he would've had easier time eatin the sticks if there wasnt so much other fish going for the sticks too
 
awesome news. nice fish and mates, too. i gave up on my jar eating pellets, lol
 
nice you tube vids, and your rtg looks good.
 
Congratulations buddy,i gave up with mine,i tried for nearly two months to no avail,i recently started feeding his mealworms on carnivore pellets and he stopped eating the damn worms!

Cheers steve
 
the RTG is like oh **** its those crazy freaks jumping haha
 
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