Not sure how long you have had him but it took mine maybe a month before he was comfortable enough for me to watch him feed just give him time. Every fish is different but soon he will settle and begin to anticipate feeding time which is fun. I am currently only feeding him cut up tilapia pieces. Ive been doing this for about a month now in preparation for the tank upgrade. With the non live food its clear he does not eat as much as if I gave him an unlimited supply of healthy feeders. I think this is due to the fact he truly enjoys "hunting" and chasing down his prey.
Introduction of nonlive can start whenever you want. One think to keep in mind is he is going to need to be real hungry to go after nonlive food so make sure he is very healthy and hardy before you begin because it may take a bit of starving him.
I would have broken him off live earlier but he was sharing the tank and when he started to get hungry his tankmates began to look more appetizing to him and he would go after them occasionally lol.
The key would be to make sure the frozen silversides, tilapia or whatever your feeding him is moving in the water because from my experience once its sitting on the bottom of the tank hes not really interested. (water circulation and current from the powerheads help with this) Another thing that may be helpful is a "teacher" fish who he can see go after and eat the nonlive food. One of my redtail barracuda would always be the first to eat and when the redtail would attack the nonlive food it triggered the goliath to kind of recognize the nonlive as food/prey after a while.
I have two african tigerfish but my goliath I got from Jeff Rapps back in January of this year.
Introduction of nonlive can start whenever you want. One think to keep in mind is he is going to need to be real hungry to go after nonlive food so make sure he is very healthy and hardy before you begin because it may take a bit of starving him.
I would have broken him off live earlier but he was sharing the tank and when he started to get hungry his tankmates began to look more appetizing to him and he would go after them occasionally lol.
The key would be to make sure the frozen silversides, tilapia or whatever your feeding him is moving in the water because from my experience once its sitting on the bottom of the tank hes not really interested. (water circulation and current from the powerheads help with this) Another thing that may be helpful is a "teacher" fish who he can see go after and eat the nonlive food. One of my redtail barracuda would always be the first to eat and when the redtail would attack the nonlive food it triggered the goliath to kind of recognize the nonlive as food/prey after a while.
I have two african tigerfish but my goliath I got from Jeff Rapps back in January of this year.
