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Hi Guys,

Ive had a tank of Silvers now for probably 2 months - For the life of me, i cant get them to touch floating pellets.

Ive tried not feeding for a week and then giving floating - which i have to scoop out a couple of hours later as it hasnt been touched.

Feeding sinking pellets and worms they attack like they're starving..

No idea



the pellets im using are from http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TTanked-Gold-Fish-Food-Sinking-Pellet-1kg-1-5mm-Goldfish-Tropical-Native-/130764070394?pt=AU_Pet_Supplies&hash=item1e72255dfa&_uhb=1#ht_1589wt_1148


Where else can i get pellets to try another brand?

Thanks

Ballarat the Haymarket has Lauke food in all different sizes....

No expert here, but I had the same problem with floating pellets at the start. The fish were babies and as recommended on this site, I crushed them up and got my SP used to the pellets. Took a few weeks to go from dust to a full pellet. I think I went from crushing, to cutting them in half then full pellets.

ok thanks for the advice,
I'll try crushing up the pellets some more (they are 1.5mm now)

First i'll starve them a week, and try again..

What are your water temps like?

My SP go off pellets during the cooler months and I substitute with prawn, yabbie and worms.

As soon as my FT temps are above 15 odd degrees its out with the pellets again.

recently temps have been 18-25

hmm, yea should be smashing it. get some good quality aquaculture feed as rupe mentioned

Lauke pellets are all sinking pellets. I am feeding the silvers in the ibc tank with lauke stuff and they love it.

they smash sinking stuff no worries, just wont come to the surface at all..
They're also still fingerlings so they're pretty small

1.5mm food

My tank has a lid on it and mine won't come to the surface to get the floating pellets untill I close the lid.. can you put some sort of cover over the tank?

Yep , mine wont hit floating pellets until the lid is down

I've just got shade cloth on top, even that down and me walking away dosnt help..
I'll try not feeding a week I think

yep that could work

Hopefully it's not an issue with my food....

Mine feed from the surface no problem..... as long as Im not standing near the edge of the FT.

Sooky silvers.