Oh boy, another CBB thread Fortunately, this one eats! I got him last Friday. First few days he was glass surfing nonstop. Everyday however, he started spending a little more time foraging and less stressing out.
Today I decided to try out masstick, mysis and brine shrimp. Well surprise! He shows great interest in the masstick, gets slightly excited about mysis and goes absolutely nuts about brine shrimp. He ate tons of the brine shrimp. I've noticed he shows interest in the food I always feed, but eventually doesn't grab it. I only feed a homemade blend of shrimp, fish, squid, oysters, lobster eggs, fish roe and red plankton.
I assume him showing interest in my own blend is a good sign. However, ideally I want him to actually eat the stuff. Is it a matter of time and hoping he will eventually eat it or are there any tricks I could try to make him love my own food? I got one of those little floating feeder pyramid thingies that's popular in freshwater tanks. I'm thinking about coaxing him to eat out of there so I can easily monitor him.
Today I decided to try out masstick, mysis and brine shrimp. Well surprise! He shows great interest in the masstick, gets slightly excited about mysis and goes absolutely nuts about brine shrimp. He ate tons of the brine shrimp. I've noticed he shows interest in the food I always feed, but eventually doesn't grab it. I only feed a homemade blend of shrimp, fish, squid, oysters, lobster eggs, fish roe and red plankton.
I assume him showing interest in my own blend is a good sign. However, ideally I want him to actually eat the stuff. Is it a matter of time and hoping he will eventually eat it or are there any tricks I could try to make him love my own food? I got one of those little floating feeder pyramid thingies that's popular in freshwater tanks. I'm thinking about coaxing him to eat out of there so I can easily monitor him.