New BBXB
- Thread starter rudy
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Nice XB! I would definitely gut load your crickets, He'll be eating you out of house and home in no time 
if you are going to feed him pellets then you should refrain from feeding him live food cos it can be quite a pain to 'convince' the aro to eat pellets once they taste live food...imho..
Hey Rudy,
Kenta here, good to hear the fish is eating!
What i usually do for new arrivals is to first let them settle for a couple days, no food introduced at all. After a couple days they are pretty hungry so i start them off with live crickets. THe movement and scrambling of their legs seems to trigger a really strong feeding response. After they had their fill of crickets for a couple days they usually jump at the crickets as soon as they hit the water. So, i mix up the crickets with pellets, ive always used hikari floating pellets with good results (broken in half), by the time they realize its not a cricket they;ve already eaten the pellet! Voila pellet trained!
After a few days of hefty pellet, cricket and mealworm feeding i mix it up more with prawn and other seafoods. Good luck!
Kenta here, good to hear the fish is eating!
What i usually do for new arrivals is to first let them settle for a couple days, no food introduced at all. After a couple days they are pretty hungry so i start them off with live crickets. THe movement and scrambling of their legs seems to trigger a really strong feeding response. After they had their fill of crickets for a couple days they usually jump at the crickets as soon as they hit the water. So, i mix up the crickets with pellets, ive always used hikari floating pellets with good results (broken in half), by the time they realize its not a cricket they;ve already eaten the pellet! Voila pellet trained!
After a few days of hefty pellet, cricket and mealworm feeding i mix it up more with prawn and other seafoods. Good luck!
