How to get my fish to eat dry food?

[ella.saltwaterfish]

How to get my fish to eat dry food? Do fish prefer food with garlic flavor?

 

[Bryson.bobby]

How to get my fish to eat dry food? Do fish prefer food with garlic flavor?

I think it really depends on the fish. My foxface will eat garlic pellets but my clownfish wont.

 

[Hemmdog]

Why would you want to feed dry over frozen?

 

[cancun]

Why would you want to feed dry over frozen?

I was also curious about that. I always feed frozen.

 

[Steven91]

Why would you want to feed dry over frozen?

Could be convenient for them, or if they need to do an auto feeder. I feed mainly frozen, with an occasional dry, as I have a lionfish and 2 butterflies that's love to eat frozen

 

[cancun]

Could be convenient for them, or if they need to do an auto feeder. I feed mainly frozen, with an occasional dry, as I have a lionfish and 2 butterflies that's love to eat frozen

That's a good point! I didn't think about a auto feeder! I have never used one....my luck it would malfunction and dump a ton of pellets into my tank! LOL!

To the OP.....you could try and mix pellets and frozen together at feeding time to ween them onto pellets. Just add more pellets and less frozen each time. Also soaking in garlic has been reported to work as well.

 

[ella.saltwaterfish]

Why would you want to feed dry over frozen?

it would be more convenient if I could get them eat dry food

 

[ella.saltwaterfish]

Thank you very much!

 

[dylana407]

How to get my fish to eat dry food? Do fish prefer food with garlic flavor?

Most fish will eat pellets when they are hungry enough. I feed new fish frozen until they settle in. One settled, I only feed dry pellets. My fish like Omega One small pellets with garlic over NLS. So I mix both type in a container. There are few fish that are extremely picky eaters. I would suggest doing some research on liveaquaria about your fish.

 

[Fishnut]

I have always had luck by starting with frozen clam or mysis shrimp and then mixing dry pellets in the frozen food juices. The pellets soften and smell more like the frozen food they are use to. Gradually decrease the frozen.

 

[roberthu526]

Just use an auto feeder to dump a little dry food everyday. Eventually most fish learn to chase those pellets. I use an auto feeder and now even the regal angel eats pellets.

 

[ella.saltwaterfish]

Most fish will eat pellets when they are hungry enough. I feed new fish frozen until they settle in. One settled, I only feed dry pellets. My fish like Omega One small pellets with garlic over NLS. So I mix both type in a container. There are few fish that are extremely picky eaters. I would suggest doing some research on liveaquaria about your fish.

thank you