I started my pbass off by just throwing in live rosy reds. Then I started just holding the rosy red's tail and hanging it in the water until the bass got comfortable taking it right from my hand everytime. Now I've started holding freeze-dried krill in my hand and the bass will take those everytime too. Although he will strike anything that hits the water, he'll still only eat live foods everytime but will eat the freeze-dried krill about half the time when I'm not holding it. Hopefully, in another week he'll eat the krill everytime and then I can start training him on pellets. I have to work fast because it's already scary having a 4 inch bass strike my finger and he's growing quickly.