Getting fish to eat dry food

Fifty8reef · Mar 14, 2018

I have to get my fish on dry food before my honeymoon in August. I'll be gone for a week.I'm trying to use nls right now but I need variety. Do you guys have a go to that you use?

Tahoe61 · Mar 14, 2018

Start mixing it with frozen or your routine foods. Decrease the amount of the foods other than the dry slowly and the fish should readily accept it by Aug. Use some quality dry flake and pellets for variety.

Congrats on the up and coming nuptials.

Fifty8reef · Mar 14, 2018

That's a great idea and thank you.

najer · Mar 14, 2018

As above but try really small random feedings of the dry foods as well.

Fifty8reef · Mar 14, 2018

najer said:
As above but try really small random feedings of the dry foods as well.

I'll try this as well

FaithKlim · Apr 23, 2018

I bought 3 anthias at LFS that were fed frozen exclusively. Since I travel often, and Anthias eat often, I knew I would have to get them eating pellets...
NLS didn't do the trick for me, however, they love the Hikari Marine S & Seaweed extreme. I combine both into auto feeder & feed small dose 4 xs / day.

Fifty8reef · Apr 23, 2018

My fish don't prefer nls either. I'll give this a try

K. Steven · Apr 25, 2018

PE, NLS, TDO, and sometimes Coral Frenzy pellets

Joshua Snyder · May 9, 2018

I mix with frozen as well then lower the frozen food and usually have to go on a fast for 2 days as well then they will usually succumb to the dry food lol

Fifty8reef · May 9, 2018

I've finally been able to get them to eat P.E mysis flakes. At first with garlic drops now I don't even need them. I continue to use anyway. Now I'm hoping they'll eat something else. I have to shop around

Daniel@R2R · May 9, 2018

Try out Reef Nutrition's TDO pellets. My fish love them

Fifty8reef · May 9, 2018

Thanks I will

vetteguy53081 · May 9, 2018

I use Apex auto feeder as I am gone during the day. At night they get frozen. I have noticed after a month or so, fish who ate frozen only ( Copperband and banghai cardinal) readily accept dry flakes/pellets. this is one of my favorite pics as I was awaiting the feeder to drop food, all of them started to charge to the rear corner of tank where feeder is:

Larry L · May 9, 2018

I'd also recommend Reef Nutrition's TDO pellets, plus Ocean Nutrition flakes and Cobalt flakes. My fish eat all of them.

Fifty8reef · May 10, 2018

I’m going to try those

Emerson · May 10, 2018

+ on using a quality dry food. There are many out there. I've been using the Hikari Marine-S pellets with good results. Clown fish and "tank boss" yellow corris wrasse had always eaten them. More recently a sailfin blenny must have accidently tried a pellet and decide he liked it after 6 mos in the tank. New addition flasher wrasse started out only eating frozen brine shrimp, but after a week was also eating bits of Reef Chili and Hikari pellets.

BryanD · May 10, 2018

Try the Spectrum Marine pellets. I had a lawnmower blenny that wouldn't eat anything when I got him, but started eating this then started eating algae sheets once he put on a little weight. My cardinalfish, clownfish, dotty back and yellow tang love them too.