evil_elmo Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 have you try ox heart and blood worms? the ones i got the other day seem to eat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 i used to use JBL cichlid pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 My trick for feeding the fussy fish in our collection is to stick a bit of food on the end of a piece of wire and dangle and bob it in front of their face. Means i don't have to get my hands wet :roll: and i can direct where the food is going, remove it easily if they don't want it and the fish like the action of it wiggling. i used frozen cooked shrimp mostly for putting on the end of the wire but i am increasingly intending to used bits of beef mince (and i might go out right after this post and get me some worms!) The above method is essential for my puffs and it seems the axolotls. My black ghost knife is a black hole and eats everything. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Lol i tried your trick loop, he stared blankly at the shrimp on the wire for a few minutes. Just gotta keep trying and trying lol. Payday tomorrow so will go get some pellets to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Another thing to cross off the list; Tadpoles. I put our two smallest one in with him. He has made a friend :evil: DUH SLINKY THAT WAS UR LUNCH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 *falls off chair laughing* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 BTW: Slinky is Clown Knife's name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 thanks for the food ideas, but unfortunately i lost him this afternoon. thread is in disease section if anyone can help shed some light on things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 He's still turning down all non-live food. And he is also very inactive and just hides in his cave, even at lights out, for the first few hours anyway. For a few hours each day im going to remove his cave with the lights on and place his food in about the same place. I tried this for the first time today, and wen i returned to the tank, most of the worms/shrimp have gone - hopefully into his mouth and not the filter. I Rung the shop i got him from - they said they feed flakes every second day and then once a week they feed bloodworms. Are tadpoles a bad source of food for him every now and then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 i use to feed my clown tadpoles he would get maybe 15 a week when they wer in season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Sweet then. I Put in two very small ones the other night and i put in one this morning that disapeared too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 as i'm sure you're aware you can't feed a clown knife on flake, so ignore the shop (wasn't Animates was it?). Tadpoles and fish are fine, but it gets tricky if he gets accustomed to only eating live food, so try to get him onto dead as soon as possible. But for now, getting him to eat is the main thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 My old clown ate cichlid pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 ive only tried floting ones so i could try sinking ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 when i had my knife i feed he tetras and home made food that i feed all my fish with beef heart/peas/bananas/garlic for to keep the bugs away.mix all in the blender to a puree.use sandwich bag flatted and freeze.when i feed my fish ever sec day.{a hungry fish a happy fish}even had a problem with eat or disease. :bounce: DBL Post Removed. Mod. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted July 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 thanks for your help everyone but im being made to sell this fish now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 sorry to hear that ,whys that ? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted July 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 the boss said so. lol. hes up in private exchange now. "Too much money being spent on a tank that has 1 fish in it" Apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 One good thing with that then Millet is that you can now remove THAT sig of yours. MOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted July 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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