HBH African Cichlid for pangasius

[ITHURTZ]

So eventually I need to get these guys off of the tropical crisps. They love them but it gets to be a mess and they fly all over the place. So today I got some HBH African Cichlid Attack small sinking pellets, smells good btw, like seafood. Anyway I put 20-25 of them where they eat and they know its there and "try" to eat it. I dont know if they are just tasting it and leaving it there or what. Their bellies didnt grow so i dont think they are eating it. I dont know if these cats have problems with pellets or what so what would be the best idea of MAKING them eat it?

Would it be wise to do a 50/50 mix with crisps and these pellets, then eventually go smaller and smaller with the crisp dosage or not feed them for a day or 2 and give them no choice? I noticed my little common I just got from the bar doesnt even eat them, sucks them out and spits them out. And these things are supposed to eat anything, HA!

 

[ITHURTZ]

Well they never touched that stuff so I got some HBH Super Soft Krill pellets. They love them. The have some spir green pellets so I might get some of that too and hope they ween off of crisps. Then on to the regular pellets.

 

[Eddie MunsterFishKeeper]

Would it be wise to do a 50/50 mix with crisps and these pellets, then eventually go smaller and smaller with the crisp dosage or not feed them for a day or 2 and give them no choice?

Either one of these strategies should work. I have all my bichers eating supersoft pellets, by way of starvation. A lot cheaper than the sinking carnivore pellets too.

 

[ITHURTZ]

Petland has the sinkin carnivore pellets, but I was afraid to get them for fear of them being to big for the cats and them not liking them. I hope there is a certain size where they eat anything they can find, because this little stuff is time consuming to feed them and keep the other fish away.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

I would just go with the no choice method, I have all of my smaller cat's on the hbh african cichlid attack and they love it, again they don't have a choice, but they eat until they have big bellies.

 

[ITHURTZ]

I dont have the heart to do that to them, eat or die. They are still babies. Im starting to make there time to eat shorter before I stop chasing to other fish away so they can eat. So its eat quick or dont eat. Hopefully they learn quick, because soon I am throwing them all in a kiddie pool and its good luck.