If they like pellets, you should just continue with it. Using larger pellets as they grow bigger. Cos once they've tasted live fish, its hard to revert back to pellets. I wish mine would eat pellets (but thats wishful thinking!!). They only take live fish. At 3", they should be able to take small live fish.stil3z said:Hi im new here. got 2 myself and r bout 3in in size feeding on baby pellets but they wont eat any lager pallets. I tried starvin them, can i feed live fish at this size?