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Jep21

Jep21

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So as all you know i bought a leopard wrasse 12-21-12.. When i got it it wasnt eating frozen or flakes or pellets only pods so i took the risk of training it to eat.. Finally after 7 days of continuos feeding hes finally aggressively eating frozen hikari mysis and brine shrimp.. What i did was.. Day after i got it i also added my melanarus wrasse to help entice it to eat. I feed 1-2 times a day everyday of hikari mysis/brine shrimp and some flake food and pellets here and there.. At first he only looked at it but it gradually got interested in it do to my fatty melanarus wrasse attacking the food all the time lol.. While feeding heavy i've been putting my skimmer on overload and been doing some small 4g water changes every three days to prevent the water from getting too dirty..

So whats next u say... Im gonna continue this feeding for about a 2 weeks until i see my leopard wrasse get extremely comfortable eating frozen mysis and brine and until he starts eating flake foods also..

Wish me luck on the flake food training but all i can say is YES!! I did it kinda lol

Thought i'd share with everyone lol

Also i gotta thank my melanarus wrasse for helping his leopard buddy eat frozen food.. Without his fat ash i wouldnt have made this progress.lol
 
I think with training a leopard wrasse or any picky eaters to eat frozen or flake food u need a small tank so it can't really escape the food till eventually it eats it lol
 
jeppun21 said:
I think with training a leopard wrasse or any picky eaters to eat frozen or flake food u need a small tank so it can't really escape the food till eventually it eats it lol
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That's why it's best to get it in a 10 gal qt tank or something. That how I got my Choatis eating... Til my f-in labouts killed them... Grrrrr
 
rosko23 said:
That's why it's best to get it in a 10 gal qt tank or something. That how I got my Choatis eating... Til my f-in labouts killed them... Grrrrr
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Yup 10g would be awesome too.. I would have freaked out on that labouts.. Into the sump I say lol
 
jeppun21 said:
So as all you know i bought a leopard wrasse 12-21-12.. When i got it it wasnt eating frozen or flakes or pellets only pods so i took the risk of training it to eat.. Finally after 7 days of continuos feeding hes finally aggressively eating frozen hikari mysis and brine shrimp.. What i did was.. Day after i got it i also added my melanarus wrasse to help entice it to eat. I feed 1-2 times a day everyday of hikari mysis/brine shrimp and some flake food and pellets here and there.. At first he only looked at it but it gradually got interested in it do to my fatty melanarus wrasse attacking the food all the time lol.. While feeding heavy i've been putting my skimmer on overload and been doing some small 4g water changes every three days to prevent the water from getting too dirty..

So whats next u say... Im gonna continue this feeding for about a 2 weeks until i see my leopard wrasse get extremely comfortable eating frozen mysis and brine and until he starts eating flake foods also..

Wish me luck on the flake food training but all i can say is YES!! I did it kinda lol

Thought i'd share with everyone lol

Also i gotta thank my melanarus wrasse for helping his leopard buddy eat frozen food.. Without his fat ash i wouldnt have made this progress.lol
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Lol no wonder you can train anything to eat anything :) kudos Jeff
P.s .. How'z the jaw fish doing ??
 
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