new devil not eating

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scotth42

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my new devil has been in his tank for 3 days now but won't eat anything but worms and a few pieces of baby freeze dried shrimp he won't even touch any pellets at all like he don't see them. then they get soggy and i have to keep removing them. should i stop feeding him worms til he eats the pellets or skip a day of feeding?
 
he's really hyper active swimming up and down the glass and his color is pale almost white but his face is red he was vivid red in the store and red when the lights first come on then he goes pale
 
he's just getting to know his new home. give um' time he'll be good.
 
it's weird he makes no effort to grab stuff of the surface just small shrimp and he spits sand at the glass like he's angry at the world my other devils where way more laid back i think they where females this ones head is bigger i think he's a male
 
It sounds like he's just getting use to his new home. He might still be a little bit stressed. Make sure you have a place for him to hide.
 
I say just give him time too. My Tex took about a week to eat anything when I first got him, I was scared he was going to die. He would hide alot too.
 
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