Peacock bass and pellets

[Miks786]

Hey guys so out of my 3 juv p.bass one of them decided too eating sinking carnivore pellets but the other 2 are stubborn...

How can I get the other 2 too eat it also?
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[krichardson]

Discontinue whatever else you have been feeding them and they should soon join the other p.bass and start to eat the pellets.

 

[Miks786]

Won't they die if I starve them cause they only like 4cm each?

 

[eddiegunks]

Won't they die if I starve them cause they only like 4cm each?

Dont starve them. They will learn from the other one. Offer slightly less of the other food. They will join in.

All my fish learn from the others and begin to rat what is offered. Sometimes it takes days, other times a month or two. (My blue acara was the longest holdout.....now he eats everything!$

 

[Miks786]

Okay thanks bud...Will do that cause all they eat now is earthworms and bloodworms, but when I throw pellets in they might catch one but end up spitting it out

Dont starve them. They will learn from the other one. Offer slightly less of the other food. They will join in.

All my fish learn from the others and begin to rat what is offered. Sometimes it takes days, other times a month or two. (My blue acara was the longest holdout.....now he eats everything!$

Dont starve them. They will learn from the other one. Offer slightly less of the other food. They will join in.

All my fish learn from the others and begin to rat what is offered. Sometimes it takes days, other times a month or two. (My blue acara was the longest holdout.....now he eats everything!$

 

[eddiegunks]

Try any and all other flake/pellet foods as well. Also try some cut up talapia and shrimp. They will switch. Be patient .

I have an aro that will eat anything. He even eats flake food.....his is such a pig.

I also have a 14 inch fire eel that is such a pig that i thought he was going to explode....i had to work at NOT feeding the eel when i was freding the other fish. I Even stick my hand in to block the eel........

 

[freak78]

They will come around. Going through the same with my small ones. 2 will eat pellets 2 will not yet but their getting closer to eating them.

 

[Miks786]

Ok thanks guys much appreciated...And is sinking carnivore pellets good for growth?

 

[krichardson]

Ok thanks guys much appreciated...And is sinking carnivore pellets good for growth?

Yes,it's pretty much the same thing as Massivore but for much smaller fish....as long as you continue to give your cichla other foods they will continue to ignore the pellets.

 

[Miks786]

I'll try pellets only for about 3 days and hopefully they take...Fingers crossed