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Old 27-11-2016, 07:25 PM   #1
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Default Anyone had their Armatus eating non live food?

Anyone had trained their armatus eating non live food? I tried to starve for quite sometime but no success. Market Prawn and Pellets also useless. But once live feeder go in they start eating like no tomorrow.
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Old 27-11-2016, 10:01 PM   #2
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kept a few pieces few years back, starve for 2-3 weeks before eating mp readily. pellets also
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keep some fish that eat mp will help to speed up the training.
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Old 30-11-2016, 09:09 PM   #4
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Never see armatus eat pellet b4 hope can see it personally
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Old 02-12-2016, 11:59 AM   #5
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My 2 armatus seriously can tahan the hunger. I already starve them for so long.. no exactly starve but feed pellets and MP to my other comm fishes but they simply refuse to eat.
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My 2 armatus seriously can tahan the hunger. I already starve them for so long.. no exactly starve but feed pellets and MP to my other comm fishes but they simply refuse to eat.
Sometimes owner need a heart of steel.
Like Seaview aquarium which the fishes are fed by employee, most predatory fish eats mp as its probably the only choice after long starving.
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Old 09-12-2016, 04:25 PM   #7
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Anyone had trained their armatus eating non live food? I tried to starve for quite sometime but no success. Market Prawn and Pellets also useless. But once live feeder go in they start eating like no tomorrow.
How big are your fish and how long did you starve them for?

I started training them at 5 inches and stopped feeders for 3 weeks. You can try feeding kunning. The silvery scales from the kunning will make them go crazy and start biting.
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Thanks bro. They are 10 inch and 9 inch. I will try kuning tonight. I feed my whole comm of fishes MP and pellets. All of them eat but except the 2 armatus.

I thought they didnt want to eat at all until i tried a pack of feeders which i never had done for my comm.

They start to chase and eat. But i stop from then as i dont really like feeders for my comm.
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Old 15-12-2016, 03:53 PM   #9
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Hais. They seriously stubborn. Seems like gotta get a pack of feeders for them. But due to their slow and timid nature. The amount of feeders they get to eat also limited.
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Hais. They seriously stubborn. Seems like gotta get a pack of feeders for them. But due to their slow and timid nature. The amount of feeders they get to eat also limited.
U need heart of steel
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