Peacock Bass Only Eating Live Food

[TropicalStorm]

Help I have 2" Peacock Bass That only eats live foods and is very shy should I feed him lots ofmpellets to try to get him to eat or what????

 

[domresvanis]

Let him for 1 day without food and try some frozen brine shrimp..good luck mate...

 

[Hardhead]

Go to the first post in the sticky section and read it. You will be good to go

 

[benedictcharles]

Starve them is the best for me, try switching from live food to market prawns then to pellets😁


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[greenlangtern]

After watching a video clip on youtube of people and hatcheries using a fish feeder (which looks just like the a badminton shuttlecock) to slowly feed either live tubifex or blood worms to their juveniles, I adopted it and use a small 2 inch mesh net which I put the worms in and allows them to slowly wiggle through. This will get the fish's attention and they will only eat the worms that fall off of the net at first, but when they get accustomed to the presence of the net they will begin to start hitting it and ripping worms from it (took me only a week). By then the fish will not be afraid to hit stuff floating on the surface, mine even eat flakes and they are just at 2.5 inches. Warmer temperatures also get them more aggressive so check that as well. Mine is at 86-88 F.

 

[greenlangtern]

copied this pic from gerryjun's post. It is that clear thing with a suction cup on it. I just use a net because I have 3 tanks with juvies so its faster to transfer.

 

[Houdini89]

Go to the first post in the sticky section and read it. You will be good to go

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[TropicalStorm]

Starving Never Worked Ill try first post in sticky section and bloodworms Thanks!

 

[dangerhack]

I would feed feeders till at least 3-4"


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[TropicalStorm]

Put him with my oscars he saw them eating pellets and joined in


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