Gar on pellets?

[Turk]

Took me months to do it, but my longnose is now eating pellets. Cut back his feeders to every 2 weeks, and he finally gave in.

 

[Palmer]

Mine takes pellets too. Just starve them and show them who's boss.

Cheers

 

[Oddball]

I got my gars onto aro sticks without starving them. I started out by feeding them minnows gut-loaded on aro sticks/krill. I fed out the minnows one at a time. Once they got used to striking immediately at the minnows when they hit the surface, I started tossing FD krill between each minnow. Once the gars hit the krill with regularity, I started tossing aro sticks between each FD krill. Within 2 weeks, my 6 gars were completely off of live minnows and onto the aro sticks.
Now, I intermix their diet with the sticks, FD krill, and raw shrimp.

BTW, my mbu puffers are also on the aro sticks. They hit the FD krill when I fed out the gars and made the transition to sticks along with the gars.

 

[shocker]

I have a tiny spotted gar. He eats pellet like crazy. Tetra ciklid pellet and tetra discus pellet. My gar prefers pellet over mosqito larva.

 

[odalisay]

I got my gars onto aro sticks without starving them. I started out by feeding them minnows gut-loaded on aro sticks/krill. I fed out the minnows one at a time. Once they got used to striking immediately at the minnows when they hit the surface, I started tossing FD krill between each minnow. Once the gars hit the krill with regularity, I started tossing aro sticks between each FD krill. Within 2 weeks, my 6 gars were completely off of live minnows and onto the aro sticks.
Now, I intermix their diet with the sticks, FD krill, and raw shrimp.

BTW, my mbu puffers are also on the aro sticks. They hit the FD krill when I fed out the gars and made the transition to sticks along with the gars.

Oddball, you are a true Jedi Master when it come to the ways of fish!

 

[RadleyMiller]

My needlefish is not a true gar, but he is starting to eat freeze dried krill.