Does any one else here have a problem feeding their cichla night crawlers? I have my pbass eating shrimp and even squid, but he wont eat worms! What is up with a fish not eating worms?! Do I have a unique problem or is this a common trait with these fish?
Feeding nightcrawlers.....
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I used to have a few Monos that wouldnt eat night crawlers.
Are these whole nightcrawlers? or chunks?
Are these whole nightcrawlers? or chunks?
MY friend fed 3 of his red devils nightcrawlers and as soon as they ate them they bit the insides and killed the fish
REDKID!!!;481400; said:
What?!? If his fish died it wasn't because of the nightcrawlers...
Mine would spit them back out the first few times I fed them nightcrawlers. It's just a different flavor and sensation. Try a few more times and they will eat them.
Last weekend I caught some crawdads and threw them into the PBass. At first they'd suck them in but spat them back out immediately. After doing this a dozen times or so they started fighting over them and eventually ate them all. PBass adapt pretty fast and if it's edible (and sometimes even if it isn't) they will eventually eat what you feed them.
Scatocephalus;481424; said:What?!? If his fish died it wasn't because of the nightcrawlers...
Mine would spit them back out the first few times I fed them nightcrawlers. It's just a different flavor and sensation. Try a few more times and they will eat them.
Last weekend I caught some crawdads and threw them into the PBass. At first they'd suck them in but spat them back out immediately. After doing this a dozen times or so they started fighting over them and eventually ate them all. PBass adapt pretty fast and if it's edible (and sometimes even if it isn't) they will eventually eat what you feed them.
I agree 100%
Ive had this guy for months now. He is with my ray and my rays primary diet is nightcrawlers so he sees them nearly everyday and wont eat them. Even if I starve him he wont eat them. Ive also tried chunks a few times. His favorite food is chunks of hybrid bass and catfish. He will also eat shrimp but only the meat that is inside the tail for some strange reason. I think because the texture is different though.
LoL not only do I have a fish that wont eat worms I have a catfish (15" Juruense) that wont eat chunk fish!!!!
LoL not only do I have a fish that wont eat worms I have a catfish (15" Juruense) that wont eat chunk fish!!!!
REDKID!!!;481400; said:
Worms dont have teeth...maybe they were in a yard that had been fertilized and it poisoned them?
In fact worms wouldnt need teeth they get all their nutrients through their skin. They absorb it through their skin that is why when it rains they come to the surface otherwise the absorb to much water and will drown. So no worm bit the inside of the fish unless he collected the worms in Chernoybl.