Jardini was eating...PLEASE help

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I purchased a 5-6" jardini from an online vendor about 2 weeks ago. Shipped via delta Dash and was dropped off at airport and picked up within a 4 hour window.
It would not eat krill the first night in the tank. The 2nd day I offered sinking and floating hakari pellets and bloodworms, only a small amount of bloodworms were consumed. 3rd day I offered all of the previous food items and 12 1/2" crickets. Most cricket were eaten. 4th day it ate chopped trout worms and blood worms.

I'm getting very concerned that it has not eaten hardly anything for the past 4 days.
Refusing 2 types of hakari pellets, chopped trout worms, bloodworms, crickets, freeze dried krill, and super worms. Nothing for past slightly more than 24 hours.

Please help
 
Don't worry ..try small fish feeder or small super worms ...and cricket is good ...let him hungry for couple day or week and he will eat :)
 
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You've offered a good variety, I see a very happy fish in the future. Keep offering and perhaps try some worms? Red wrigglers seem to be a fav of my fish.
 
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Try not feeding for 2/3 days and offer it chopped raw prawns/shrimp or muscles , if he totally ignores this try and get him to take an earthworm off the surface by dangling it in the water.
Make sure you clear out all the uneaten foods or you'll have water quality problems to add to your worries ;)
Good luck I'm sure it'll eat soon enough aro's take a bit of time to get used to new surroundings
 
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He will be totally fine TBH it sounds like you could be over feeding him. Treat him like an idiot and make sure he recognizes you as food supplier and what you drop in the tank as food. Only drop something in when you know he cant resist but taking a bite out of it. Even if he bites it but doesnt eat it just leave it. Try again the next day or even wait 2/3 days l8r like someone mentioned already.
 
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Thank you for all of the advice. It has eaten a few blood worms. I haven't been able to get it to take anything else yet. But it still looks ok
 
Unfortunately my jardini is still not eating... It is getting skinny now.
 
What's your water perimeter like, prob nitrate issue? How often you doing water change and is there any other fish in the tank?
 
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