P.bass and pellets...
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Try this!!!! Numerous members this week have had success.. Try f/d krill or black worms..Pellets neve rworked for me!!!Diesel-mack is a the conductor of this train!!!!Thank him when it works!!!
converting off live foods
figured I'd post this over here as alot of people ask this question, and this is what I do to convert my pbass off live foods.
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Heres what to do to condition them:
--------------DO NOT THROW THE FEEDERS IN ALL AT ONCE! start to feed them by throwing one feeder at at time....let the bass see you in front of the tank and hold your hand right above the water surface with the feeder....when you have their attention..drop the feeder.....if they hit it immediately-great! if not, wait untill they dispatch that feeder...eat it. then repeat with every feeder....this is a little time consuming but will condition them to hit whatever drops to the water.....after a week of using this process the bass will come to the surface awaiting you to drop the food and will hit the feeders with tenacity!!!
-----------------once you've accomplished this...have some freeze dried krill at hand....after approx 2 feeders drop a krill in the tank....it will be hit! but dont be discouraged if they spit it out....keep up the process...feeder....krill....feeder....then cut back to dropping krill only....they will take it. eventually they will nail the krill just as they did with feeders...then you can continue the cycle by trying other foods to see what they may prefer better........and every so often give em some feeders to keep them on their toes!! This is a fool-proof method of breaking them of live food and it works.
good luck....and after they start hitting the surface...add a mop to your aquarium supplies
Also...dont start too early...fatten them up until they are 6-7" before converting them over, by this time they should be nice and healthy and ready for other foods.
*Cichla properly converted feeding on thawed shrimp
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converting off live foods
figured I'd post this over here as alot of people ask this question, and this is what I do to convert my pbass off live foods.
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Heres what to do to condition them:
--------------DO NOT THROW THE FEEDERS IN ALL AT ONCE! start to feed them by throwing one feeder at at time....let the bass see you in front of the tank and hold your hand right above the water surface with the feeder....when you have their attention..drop the feeder.....if they hit it immediately-great! if not, wait untill they dispatch that feeder...eat it. then repeat with every feeder....this is a little time consuming but will condition them to hit whatever drops to the water.....after a week of using this process the bass will come to the surface awaiting you to drop the food and will hit the feeders with tenacity!!!
-----------------once you've accomplished this...have some freeze dried krill at hand....after approx 2 feeders drop a krill in the tank....it will be hit! but dont be discouraged if they spit it out....keep up the process...feeder....krill....feeder....then cut back to dropping krill only....they will take it. eventually they will nail the krill just as they did with feeders...then you can continue the cycle by trying other foods to see what they may prefer better........and every so often give em some feeders to keep them on their toes!! This is a fool-proof method of breaking them of live food and it works.
good luck....and after they start hitting the surface...add a mop to your aquarium supplies
Also...dont start too early...fatten them up until they are 6-7" before converting them over, by this time they should be nice and healthy and ready for other foods.
*Cichla properly converted feeding on thawed shrimp
____VIDEO CLICK LINKS BELOW____
http://www.youtube.com/?v=PI21NQhbiWQ
____AND____
http://www.youtube.com/?v=MnBD8zb9vuw
Some of my peacocks eat pellets but these are only the ones that ate when they were much younger and were pretty much raised on it. Other big ones I have refuse to even touch it. I have had a difficult time getting small ones to eat it too. 
But once they are on pellets, make it the bulk of their diet or they will forget they ever ate it.
But once they are on pellets, make it the bulk of their diet or they will forget they ever ate it.
success!!! This works!!! My peacocks were older but it still worked perfectly. once they got use to me at the tank they would take anything krill, pellets, shrimp, crickets... anything that would hit the surface.
Do as said above on the converting. Also try using these pellets/sticks: http://www.petsmart.com/global/prod...87667&itemNo=12&Nao=12&In=Fish&N=2030127&Ne=2
I found that the orange color of them kinda fools the pbass into thinking they are goldfish feeders when they are tossed into the tank when they are hungry. Mine would attack them and them spit them out at first, but after a few weeks, they began to eat them and also shrimp.
I found that the orange color of them kinda fools the pbass into thinking they are goldfish feeders when they are tossed into the tank when they are hungry. Mine would attack them and them spit them out at first, but after a few weeks, they began to eat them and also shrimp.