OP, don't mean to steal your thread, but I think it doesn't make sense to start another thread for the same subject... I'm really trying to keep it up with my own jar's diet training right now. He's 18" and has never wanted to even look at pellets/sticks before. Only been fed with raw shrimps/fish as staple with pho noodles, chicken fillets, worms and home bred guppies as treats. He's been offered sticks only for the past 16 days, but he's still not eating them. Only once last week when he swallowed one stick by accident I think before he had a chance to spit it out LOL. It's so bad for me to see him being hungry, especially when he follows me around when I get near the tank.
He shows no sign of stress, behaves normally except being hungry. One time I saw him trying to scoop up a scale of the 11" bala shark from the bottom to eat it, but still not looking at the damn sticks!!!
I've never been a fan of starving my fish at all, especially my prized jardini. But I recently thought he's big enough so give it one more try. I'm not sure how much longer I could keep this up before I give in. I plan on giving it another week, or maximum 10 more days. The damn fish is so stubborn!!!!!!
