I have a tank with 3 bass and a motoro ray. I have been feeding the bass Hikari Food Sticks but I want to change to something a little less expensive. I have tried Kens Floating Cichlid Pellets, and they are not interested in them at all. The ray is eating Tetra Color Bits. Does anybody have any suggestions of other food I could try, and how I can get the fish to eat other food?
P.Bass new food
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Only way to change the fish's diet if they aren't interested is starving them. If they are hungry enough they will eventually eat what you give them. Downside is, if they don't (which peacock bass are known to do) they will starve themselves to death. I had it happen to 2 babies in my tank trying desperately to switch them from live food to any type of pellet/frozen. Out of 3 in my tank, only 1 took to eating pellets (none liked anything frozen) and survived. Same has happened to the guy at the LFS that I got them from.
Best way to do it in my mind and from research, is keep the food sticks and keep feeding pellets until it takes kind of like switching a dogs food. Mix them together, break them up to look the same and keep at it. Best of luck to ya, and foodstick prices aren't that bad. Imagine buying food for 16" peacock bass a dozen large shiners every 2 weeks. Yea, that was fun spending $24 per month to feed 1 fish.
Best way to do it in my mind and from research, is keep the food sticks and keep feeding pellets until it takes kind of like switching a dogs food. Mix them together, break them up to look the same and keep at it. Best of luck to ya, and foodstick prices aren't that bad. Imagine buying food for 16" peacock bass a dozen large shiners every 2 weeks. Yea, that was fun spending $24 per month to feed 1 fish.