pellet training

I have had my spotted gar for about 1 month. He lives in a 6 feet 200 gallon tank at ph 7.0 and 23 degrees C. He is currently 9 Inches long and on a strictly feeder fish diet. I am now trying to get him to onto pellets and prawn meat. Currently with no success. He has not eaten for 2 days and I...

Perhaps the trick is to start them out young, I don't know, but I'm happy to report my new 3" baby NTT is eating pellets after less than 2 days in his new home (8' Aro tank). At the LFS he had eaten blood worms only. I had first dropped some pellets (Hikari Sinking Carnivore) behind the sponge...