Help getting gulper off live food

[quasar]

Helo again all!

So I got a gulper about 3 weeks ago. Happiest fish purchase I ever made. His first week in I was a little scared if him not eating so i resorted to feeders. I bought a dozen 2-3" goldfish that took him up until now to finish. So now the tank is empty with just the little gulper inside, what I want to know is how do i get it to eat frozen prepared foods now? I have tilapia fillets, shrimps, and silver sides available along with massivore. How should i go about it?

 

[Evz jardini]

Try starve him onto frozen foods , if he's eaten recently it might take a while as itll ignore frozen foods waiting for another feeder fish to come along but it won't starve to death catfish can last a long time without feeding , what size is the gulper ?

 

[quasar]

Try starve him onto frozen foods , if he's eaten recently it might take a while as itll ignore frozen foods waiting for another feeder fish to come along but it won't starve to death catfish can last a long time without feeding , what size is the gulper ?

Its about 3.5/4" now. It ate the last feeder yesterday. I guess i should try feeding tomorrow?

 

[Evz jardini]

Try leaving it a couple of days and see if you can tempt him into eating frozen

 

[Woefulrelic]

Give him up to a week of not eating, I'd start with white fish and wave it around him to simulate movement. He'll come around eventually.

 

[quasar]

Oki, thanks guys! So I'll wait till later this week to feed. If i should dangle something to simulate movement though, would the silver side maybe be better than since it's a whole fish?

 

[Woefulrelic]

That would be fine and more likely to be taken most likely. I just meant nothing weird, some people feed the craziest stuff lol.

 

[quasar]

well so far no luck, he tried biting the silver side one time but that's as far as his interest went. We press on!

 

[Woefulrelic]

That's a step in the right direction. He's curious enough to try but not hungry enough to eat.