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About 2 weeks ago I received 4 very young A. panduros that I bought mail order. They are about 1/2" to 3/4" long, still very young. I ordered a trio and he sent me an extra. Anyway I can't get these things to eat anything but live BBS . In an effort to get them eating other foods I havent fed them any bbs in about a week and a half. the tank they are in is very seasoned so there is lots of micro organisms for them to graze on, plus I give it a shot of live daphnia every once in a while. These guys even spit the daphnia out! I've never seen a fish refuse daphnia. I have tried Frozen brine shrimp, frozen mosquito larvae, frozen daphnia, Cyclops, blood worms, golden pearls (orange crumbles) you name it.. most of the time they wont even look at it.. if they do try it they spit it right out.. I even use garlic guard on most of my foods to no avail. I thought about getting a white worm or grindal worm culture. they'd probably eat that but I don't think I want to mess with all that. I like to keep it simple. I do hatch bbs for my current spawns but I dont have the time to fill these larger fish up on bbs everyday.
I have found that if I leave some cyclops out over night soaked in garlic they have some interest in it and will eat a small amount but not much. The breeder has also told me that the only thing hes ever fed these fish is bbs.
I think they will eventually come around but they sure are finicky. They are a bit slim and I'd really like to start putting some size on them..
any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-Jay
I have found that if I leave some cyclops out over night soaked in garlic they have some interest in it and will eat a small amount but not much. The breeder has also told me that the only thing hes ever fed these fish is bbs.
I think they will eventually come around but they sure are finicky. They are a bit slim and I'd really like to start putting some size on them..
any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-Jay
