My flowerhorn won't eat pellets

[GallegosFam361]

Recently got a baby flowerhorn and he won't eat Pellets only feeder fish and bloodworms how do I get him to eat the pellets?

 

[Aquatic Aggression]

You can get it to eat pellets by stopping your feedings of "feeder" fish and bloodworms.

 

[GallegosFam361]

Thank you I'm going to give it a shot

 

[ny.subway]

Starve him for a day or a day and half the feed him a small pellet. If u can soak the pellet on the juice of the blood worm. Feeding feeders ain't a good idea due to the disease they can pick up from them.

 

[RD.]

Presoak your pellets of choice in the juice of frozen bloodworms. Only feed in AM when the fish is most hungry, and do not offer any other food. Leave the room after you feed, your FH may just be nervous in their new environment. After a week or so (or less) of this your fish will slowly but surely start nibbling on the food. Once it is eating like gangbusters slowly wean off of the presoaked food, over several days, and convert to 100% pellet. I have trained juvenile FH imported from Asia that were raised exclusively on bloodworms, and had 100% success rate. Good luck.

 

[GallegosFam361]

He picks up the pellet then spits it out I'm going to try the not feeding him method for a couple of days and see how it goes

 

[RD.]

He spits them out, because you have spoiled him. Just follow the routine I gave you and your problem will be solved.

 

[ny.subway]

+1 on RD, AM feeding and jus leave the room and low lighting so your flowerhorn wont be to stressed.

 

[GallegosFam361]

I will try the blood worm juice method tomorrow in the am before work thank you

 

[Justchill]

Starve him, offer nothing but his pellet. Give him a few a day, if he refuse take it out. After a week he’ll eventually learn to accept it. Be patient, it’s hard but don’t give in.