Pellet training for carnivores

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i had a gar that was given to me and the guy who gave it to me said he would only eat feeders and after 2 weeks he finally started eating pellets... so starve him it wont hurt
 
Thelatinofishlover said:
i had a gar that was given to me and the guy who gave it to me said he would only eat feeders and after 2 weeks he finally started eating pellets... so starve him it wont hurt
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Well I just bought some hikari food sticks??
My gar smells them bites
Them then releases them???


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I've had wonderful luck by using vigorously feeding teacher fish such as tinfoil barbs with my predators. I make sure that the teachers are big enough to not be eaten but not so big as to harm the primary fish. I then feed floating food that the teachers smash and let the predator go hungry until he gets stressed enough to eat the pellets.

This method has broken every single predator that I've ever owned. Most recently, I've broken a tanzaniae tigerfish and a rocket gar doing this.
 
Chicxulub said:
I've had wonderful luck by using vigorously feeding teacher fish such as tinfoil barbs with my predators. I make sure that the teachers are big enough to not be eaten but not so big as to harm the primary fish. I then feed floating food that the teachers smash and let the predator go hungry until he gets stressed enough to eat the pellets.

This method has broken every single predator that I've ever owned. Most recently, I've broken a tanzaniae tigerfish and a rocket gar doing this.
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Hmm not a bad idea I think I might get me an Oscar then give it back lol


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Before I try out the the other fish I was wondering if I'm starving my gar do I throw in the pellets in every two days and take them away after an hour?or just don't throw anything in there? Because my friend said that's how he got he's to eat and that's how he realized the only way his gar was going to realize that the pellets is all he's getting so eventually he'll have to take it?



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Ok guys so hikari food sticks worked after all my gar eats them now lol it took him one day impressed :)


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giant19000 said:
Now second question why won't he take the shrimp or tilapia??he does enjoy things that float nothing that sinks? Any other recommendations?


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I'm not sure TBH. My fish were trained on floating food and non of them will touch anything that sinks. The only fish that eats sinking food is my juruense catfish, but she absolutely refuses to come to the surface. I think it is mainly what you've trained your fish to eat. If you really want your fish to eat fillets or shrimp, you could try dangling the offering on some fishing line to where it stays at the surface and see if that works, since it would keep it at the top.

Another idea as to why they might not eat it is because even the biggest pellets are tiny compared to even a market prawn. If the fish are used to eating something thats a half inch long, a three inch or so prawn might make them uneasy.
 
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