Shooting Archer

[upaquariest]

Is their anything I can do to help encourage my archer to shoot?
It is in a 55 gallon tank, the water has been dropped about 2 or 3, and there is a peice of floating driftwood for food to get out of the water on. I began feeding crickets, and they would be eaten before they made it out of the water. Since I have weened the archer onto krill, and I place them either on the driftwood or on plants sticking out of the water but no go. I know the fish can shoot, I saw him shooting a cricket that had made its was onto the underside of the hood. He knows the krill is in the tank because I also drop several pieces into the water for the moray that shares the tank. Anything else I can do to get him shooting?

 

[bartier]

Sometimes they are lazy. If they aren't very hungry, they won't bother shooting. Don't feed it for a day or two then try putting something out for it to shoot. Mine seem to be more interested in shooting crickets than anything else. I believe that this is because the crickets move around and stimulate their hunting instincts. Or maybe they just like crickets. Either way crickets seem to work well with spitting for mine.

 

[Daeorn]

Mine didn't shoot for awhile, now even if I feed them earlier, then later put some krill on the lip of the tank they will shoot for it when they feel comfortable.