Ornate being picky with food

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I have a 5 inch long Ornate that I would normally would feed frozen bloodworms and beefheart to. Now he had this diet for approx a month before I decided to start him on a diet of Hikari massivore pellets which he really seems to enjoy as he eats the whole thing. However I have tried to feed bloodworms/beefheart multiple times now and he refuses to touch it, to the point that it just sits where it sank to. Is this behavior normal or not?
 
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The Lost Tapes said:
. Is this behavior normal or not
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Perfectly normal Hikari Massivore Pellet are addictive to Bichir lol. I personally wouldn't worry about the Beefheart or Frozen Bloodworms anymore. Beefheart is not healthy to feed and Frozen Bloodworms aren't nutritional as the Hikari Massivore Pellets.
 
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Hikari has a great recipe for getting fish hooked on their products. Once had a Silver Arowana who was nuts over Hikari floating food sticks.
 
tlindsey said:
Perfectly normal Hikari Massivore Pellet are addictive to Bichir lol. I personally wouldn't worry about the Beefheart or Frozen Bloodworms anymore. Beefheart is not healthy to feed and Frozen Bloodworms aren't nutritional as the Hikari Massivore Pellets.
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Ah alright. I usually try to vary the diet of all of my fish.
 
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Caveden said:
Bloodworms are not nutritious and give no benefit, beef-heart which is a mammalian product is not usually fed to predatory fish as they have a hard time digesting. Sticking to massivore is good
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Oh, when I bought the Ornate at my LFS I was told that bloodworms were good to feed it. I did not know that. I guess I will only feed it massivore now.
 
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tlindsey said:
Most lfs honestly don't know what to feed Bichir. Including myself didn't know but a good friend of mind also a member told me what foods to feed. I suggest adding Tilapia to your rotation of food items.
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I did that the other day and he refused to touch it.
 
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