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Posted: October 24 2012 at 9:20am |
I have some bangii cardinalfish that I fear are wild caught and not tank raised. One will eat frozen food like it's going out of style and the other has had maybe two pieces. When it comes to pellet the one will take a piece and then spit it back out, the other isn't even interested. I've had these guys for about a month and am trying to get them to eat small pellet food. Has anyone had good luck or suggestions to get them to eat?
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 9:50am |
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I've never had luck with Bangaii eating pellet food or flake food. Mine just won't eat it. He does love frozen food. What I would do is soak the frozen food in garlic before feeding and see if that helps. Garlic is an apatite stimulant.
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 10:30am |
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I had a pair of Bangaii for years and they never touched pellets or flake either. Loved frozen Mysis though.
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 10:59am |
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i have 2 tank raised, and they stared eating mysis, but after a couple months they stopped. but they seem so live brine. so mow i mix brine and mysis when i feed
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 11:34am |
I agree. Banggais tend to be picky about what they eat.
Mine won't eat pellets; they just spit them out.
Flake they totally ignore.
They will eat most frozen items, though.
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 11:42am |
And it seems they eat the copepods at night, so they don't look like they are starving. I'll try the garlic and keep on with the frozen.
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 7:40pm |
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Feed live black worms once a day mixed with a little frozen mysis and brine shrimp. Slowly mix more frozen and less black worms.
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 10:58pm |
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I have never seen a bangaii eat pellets. Mine only eat 2 things, Frozen, and algae sheets. No joke they will have a big old piece hanging out their mouth.
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Posted: October 24 2012 at 11:08pm |
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Wow interesting i didn't know they were veggies
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Posted: October 25 2012 at 9:12am |
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THey usually arent, but mine are just weird...
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Posted: October 25 2012 at 10:17am |
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I have one and at first he only ate mysis but I got Him to eat flakes and pellets by putting flakes and mysis together while feeding
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Posted: October 25 2012 at 12:42pm |
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They have tiny baby ones at my petco and wanted to get some but I dont know about them eating. I will have to talk to the peoploe to see what they are eating first and how much. These things are freakking small!
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Posted: October 25 2012 at 2:10pm |
I put flakes in with frozen brine shrimp to thaw and mine has been feeding on flakes for the last 4 yrs. I still feed brine shrimp once a week and he loves and eats both. Will
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