Getting Anthias eating pellets

[JeffreyJ]

I am having trouble getting my Lyretail Anthias eating pellets. They eat like pigs on the frozen food but seem to only spit out the pellets and flakes. I have tried adding them to frozen food and slowly decrease the amount of frozen and increase the amount of pellets but it doesn't seem to be working. I have had various anthias over the years and have never had a problem getting them on prepared food. I want to be able to use an auto feeder while I am away so I need them on pellets. Any suggestions?

 

[DasCamel]

No clue, I have the same issue as you though. Tried the same thing.

 

[Arcuatus]

I am having trouble getting my Lyretail Anthias eating pellets. They eat like pigs on the frozen food but seem to only spit out the pellets and flakes. I have tried adding them to frozen food and slowly decrease the amount of frozen and increase the amount of pellets but it doesn't seem to be working. I have had various anthias over the years and have never had a problem getting them on prepared food. I want to be able to use an auto feeder while I am away so I need them on pellets. Any suggestions?

Feed pellets exclusively for a few days. The hunger will get to them and they will end up swallowing the pellets instead of spitting them out. You could soak the pellets in garlic to make it more enticing for them.

 

[Triggerfish]

my dispars dont go for them either.. maybe its the size dont know.

 

[orientalexpress]

i feed mine with flake and small pellets from the start.

 

[JeffreyJ]

Feed pellets exclusively for a few days. The hunger will get to them and they will end up swallowing the pellets instead of spitting them out. You could soak the pellets in garlic to make it more enticing for them.

I will be away for a few days this weekend so they will only get the pellets out of the auto feeder. Maybe that will be enough to get them eating. I have been soaking all the food in selcon with the hopes that everything will taste the same and they will give the pellets a try but I'm not seeing much success.

 

[Heisenreef]

I accomplished this by starting with the Small NLS pellets dipped in Selcon. They wouldn't touch the larger pellets. Also just dialed back the power-heads so there was some water movement and the pellets swirled around a little bit.

 

[JeffreyJ]

I accomplished this by starting with the Small NLS pellets dipped in Selcon. They wouldn't touch the larger pellets. Also just dialed back the power-heads so there was some water movement and the pellets swirled around a little bit.

I am using the same NLS pellets with Selcon. Did yours start eating it right away or did it take a while?

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

 

[Winwood]

I believe it's simply a textural thing for them. Once they start sampling flake or pellet you simply have to wait them out. With my current quartet of square spots, I feed frozen in the morning, then flakes early afternoon and flakes at night. All four have began to actively engulf the flakes, but spit out about half of them or more. This has been the progressional pattern I've seen every time I've kept anthias successfully.

 

[falconut]

Over the years, some of my lyretails would just take a while to eat pellets and others would take to it within a week. My current male goes crazy for the hikari marine s pellets. Just keep trying and they should eventually take to them. Try the small pellets as others have suggested.