Training to eat pellets

[antimony]

Is it actually possible to train an ornate to eat quality pellets (omega one sinking)? The owner at lfs said theyre eating guppies now. Opinions wanted!

 

[ewurm]

I am working on mine now.

 

[is300zx]

training your bichirs to eat pellets is definitely possible. you can even train them to eat floating pellets but it might take longer.

 

[beblondie]

All mine eat pellets as staple part of their diet-Anne

 

[antimony]

Was anyone able to successfully train their bichirs to eat pellets?

 

[rasdbo]

hell yeah my three ornates (12-14"'s) and the rest of my bichirs all eat pellets that sink and shrimp or silversides and definitely love raw fish. they grow great and will eat just about everything u threw in there.

 

[Lonewolfblue]

Here's my albino. He loves shrimp pellets, Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets, and a bunch of other foods.

 

[raven89]

How do u get them started. I just bought hikari pellets, i put live feeders in to stimulate feeding wth a bunch of pellets inside. They ignore the pellets completely and went straight to the fishes. What should i do? do i let them starve a few days before putting in more pellets? Or are there any other methods?

 

[GigMan]

My senegalus also love pellets and sticks

But they eat all i give them... from live food to pellets and sticks everything.

 

[odalisay]

Stop feeding live foods all together. Starve them for a bit then you can try prepared food (silversides, freeze dried, cut up market shrimp, pellets). You will also need tons of patience. GL.