problems feeding

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sevank21

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First off I want to say hi. Hi!

I have a 75g tank with baby monsters in there. 5" dat, 4" ornate bichir, 5" tiger shovel nose cat, 4" pbass, 4" silver aro, 3" senegal bichir. Yes ill be up grading to a 400+GL tank when they out grow this 75gl.

At first I only had the dat, bichirs and catfish and I had a problem feeding the dat. The bichirs and cat LOVED frozen bloodworms while the dat never ate a thing. So I read that I should put other fast eating fish in the tank so I recently got the pbass and silver aro. That did the trick. I'm assuming the dat now sees competition, and wants to eat just as fast as the pbass and aro. GREAT! HE'S EATING NOW.

Now the issue is my beautiful ornate bichir won't even touch the bloodworms. While theres a feeding frenzy, its like he doesn't even know what's going on. I'm assuming now that they're eating so fast he can't get food. Thing is, my smaller Senegal still tries, he trys to keep up and snags a few worms wen he can, but my ornate seems oblivious to whats going on. how do i get him to start eating again?
 
After bichirs get about 4-5" I stop feeding them bloodworms. Usually go with frozen sand eels, beef heart, massivore, earthworms and ghost shrimp. Polys take awhile to realize that theres food in the tank and its gone before they find it. Feed your other fish like you always do, but throw in something at night with the lights off.
 
Ok, thanks for the advice. I guess he's "over" bloodworms then. Can I try and train him for pellets?
 
DariusAmurdarja said:
He will, believe me.
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How about seeing if food is gone in morning. If its on bottom chances are it was bichir. If you have to try feeding with tongs.

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