Training Fish To Take Pellets: Floating or Sinking?

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Sinking or Floating Pellets when training fish to take dry foods.

  • Floating

    Votes: 14 48.3%

  • Sinking

    Votes: 15 51.7%
  • Total voters
    29
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arkmann

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I am planning to train my fish to take pellets. I will feed them silvwrsides for the last time tomorrow then I won't be feeding them for 1 week up to 2 weeks max. I will be training them to take massivore pellets.

Now should I get the floating or sinking type? See stock below:
14" ST
15" Aro
18" Endli
8" IT
8" NTT
8" NGT
3" Loach
 
Floating pellets is probably a better choices but don't limit to just floating pellets. Try everything you can think of and stick to what they like.
 
floating, because it move's around from powerheads and water current much more easily then if it was at the bottom. Also it's easier to clean up if they don't eat it
 
arkmann;3309539; said:
I am planning to train my fish to take pellets. I will feed them silvwrsides for the last time tomorrow then I won't be feeding them for 1 week up to 2 weeks max. I will be training them to take massivore pellets.

Now should I get the floating or sinking type? See stock below:
14" ST
15" Aro
18" Endli
8" IT
8" NTT
8" NGT
3" Loach
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you said u will be training them to take massivore...

well.... massivore is sinking type and only sinking type. u have to use like hikari aro sticks or cichlid gold for the floating type.

i got my fish to eat massivore by marinating the pellets in their favorite food. if that doesn't work then u can starve them.
 
Thanks for the input everyone. Great point Death Sting. It only goes to show that I don't know much about pellets. I guess I will buy one of each type next Friday and start feeding them that.

I will starve them starting Monday and feed them pellets on the weekend. They would be starving by then but let's see if they bite...
 
The dats will be the hardest to get changed over. GL
 
cichlaguapote;3310911; said:
The dats will be the hardest to get changed over. GL
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I know... They will starve if they don't bite. Its a good thing that they're all fat.
 
arkmann;3310994; said:
I know... They will starve if they don't bite. Its a good thing that they're all fat.
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I hope you have a lot of patience to train them. I starved one my fish 23 days before he was willing to take non live food. I've never seen a fish so stubborn.:nilly:
 
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