Hi I just got an electric blue johanni off my friend, well I think its an electric blue as it is a really pale blue and its about 4 inches long. It has the same body shape as an electric blue has so I think it is one.

I will be doing a fishy cycle with it in my 35 gallon and returning it back to my friend once he has his new tank as this fish was just in a container with no filter and no water changes.

My question is this will it eat flake foods? My friend said he hadn't seen it eat since he had it, which was about 3 weeks. He had been feeding it pellets which he feeds to his oscar. If it can't eat flake foods what should I get for it?

Thanks for the help.