Getting fish to eat pellets.

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mossjer

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I'm trying to get my fish to eat pellets and they are not cooperating. Anyone have any suggestions?I hate to just let them go hungry to see what happens but if that's what I have to do for a day or two I will.And no I am not switching to just pellets. Just some nights it is hard to be here to make sure food is thawed and fed correctly.
 
I usually feed pellets every other evening and frozen every other evening and then flake everyday at noon with my automatic feeder. Have you tried a different pellet or flake? I think some people soak there's in garlic to entice fish to eat it. I have had some fish like that and takes them a week or 2 to get the jist of what you are doing and eventually start to eat. I just try to be consistent myself.
 
I'm now on my third different food. Don over at Saltwater Paradise gave me a new one to try today. It's softer and they actually played with it longer than the other one's they've spit out. LOLI'm not going to feed any frozen tonight and see what happens. None of them are starving to death right now. 
 
I soak pellets I got from Don in Seachem Garlic Guard.  The fish ignore the pellets otherwise, but they will go for them after soaking.  Don also has small pellets called Hatchery Diet and the fish all eat them without soaking.
 
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