bOOsteN aUdI;2221284; said:i just got some of my guys eating dried krill. 2 out of the 4 eat anything and the other 2 only take live, but yesterday the most stubborn orino gave in so that makes it a bunch easier. i find that if you cant get them to take pellets then try to get them on other dry foods first such as krill which must taste amazing to them since they like it better then cut market shrimp. at first i feel you have to soak the krill so its a bit soft, if you tried dried pellets first and they didnt want to eat dry pellets then they arent going to want to eat dry krill. once you have them scarfing the krill up on the regular for 2 or 3 days or longer to make sure they will eat it and you just didnt get lucky. lol now you can start prepping them for pellets by throwing pieces of the krill in dry. then once you fatten them up on the dry krill you can try pellets dry or wet. in the past i would have to wet the pellets slightly before feeding them to get them to take them at first. i thought this was fool proof since this is how i got 3 different groups of wild cichla to scarf them up but recently i proved myself wrong. one of wild monos(who i no longer have, he grew way to fast) ate the pellets dry and none of the others would even look at the pellets and even if they did they would spit them out instantly no matter if they were wet or dry. its easier when your cichla are bigger since small fish tend to hold their food in their mouth for a little and larger fish tend to swallow fast or if not then faster. soon i will have my guys on pellets, i predict about another month or maybe a little more. i love pellets, nothing brings out their colors more and they smash them hard once you have them feeding on them. it is kind of the same thing with the krill. they are more aggressive towards the krill then they are eating the feeders i throw in there. oh and also watch out with starving small cichla, you cna stunt them
dvsgp6;2239291; said:
this may help.....
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