Help/suggestions on getting NTT to eat

[Quason778]

You can also give freeze dried krill a try though it may take a bit of time before the dat goes up to the surface to eat one of them.

I've found that freeze dried shrimp worked for me the best. I bought/rescued an emaciated NTT about 3 weeks ago from a pet shop that was only feeding it live and to my surprise it's pounding those freeze dried shrimp.

 

[Alexkoj]

I've found that freeze dried shrimp worked for me the best. I bought/rescued an emaciated NTT about 3 weeks ago from a pet shop that was only feeding it live and to my surprise it's pounding those freeze dried shrimp.

That's the easy part... but how do we make the switch from shrimp to pellets?

 

[FunWow!]

Thanks but I'm trying to avoid feeding it fleshy foods.. how long more do you think the NTT will ignore the pellets?

They’ll ignore till death. You need to have fish they can learn from to eat pellets. NTTs are hard to train.

 

[Alexkoj]

They’ll ignore till death. You need to have fish they can learn from to eat pellets. NTTs are hard to train.

My polys and flagtail have been wolfing down the pellets in front of it for the past few months though.. any way I can get it to eat?

 

[FunWow!]

My polys and flagtail have been wolfing down the pellets in front of it for the past few months though.. any way I can get it to eat?

They all come up to the surface waiting for the pellets?

 

[Alexkoj]

They all come up to the surface waiting for the pellets?

Sinking pellets. My NTT knows the pellets are there but barely pays them any attention

 

[FunWow!]

Sinking pellets. My NTT knows the pellets are there but barely pays them any attention

What I meant was when you have your hand at the surface about to feed is the Dat there looking up at you?

 

[Alexkoj]

What I meant was when you have your hand at the surface about to feed is the Dat there looking up at you?

No, it normally does not follow my movements. It is actually afraid of any sort of movement outside of the tank

 

[FunWow!]

No, it normally does not follow my movements. It is actually afraid of any sort of movement outside of the tank

Damn that sucks. You need him to follow you to get better results. Feed him something he’ll eat and get use to you feeding him. Then when you got him waiting for food you try what you want to feed it and go back and fourth until he switches.

 

[Alexkoj]

Damn that sucks. You need him to follow you to get better results. Feed him something he’ll eat and get use to you feeding him. Then when you got him waiting for food you try what you want to feed it and go back and fourth until he switches.

Had no idea it was so tough to convert NTTs to pellets / get them to be more outgoing