Bro he is looking excellent!! My umbee didn't eat pellets for over 1 month for unknown reasons he would do the same eat it and spit it out. he would only eat market shrimp and krill but not pellets. I had to starve him for over a month to get him back on pellets. My other umbees would only not eat for 1 day max so what I did was give him 1 pellet in the morning only 1! and if he doesn't eat it I'll take it out and try again at night. I continued this for over a month and he finally started eating pellets again So good luck! Your male is looking fantastic!!