Leopard Bush Fish Not Eating! :c

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dtsw1106

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I recently got a 1" leopard bush fish for my 33usg tank. It's by itself atm, but will eventually have 2 african butterfly fish as tankmates.
I seeded the aquarium from my 40g to get the cycle started; tested the water today with 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite, and 30ppm nitrate (from tap water+ferts).

Anyways, to the problem. I've been trying to feed it different foods, and it just won't eat. I've tried bloodworms, whiteworms, fish flakes, brine shrimp, sinking carnivore pellets, earthworms cut into pieces, mealworms cut into pieces. It just doesn't seem interested in eating at all. :no:

It's swimming around nicely, and the water's fine...What do you guys feed your leopard bush fish? And what do you think is wrong if it's a mistake on my part? :/


Edit: Did a 50% just in case...he's swimming around, but still not eating :c
 
Try live food. No fish can resist live blackworms.
 
That's the problem, I've tried live food already.
The whiteworms I put in were live. The mealworms I put in were also live, and when he didn't take that I tried cutting them into smaller pieces, which he also didn't like.
It's not the food's problem either, I tried feeding them to my fish in the 40gallon tank, and the live food didn't last 2 seconds.
Am I just doing something wrong? Or is my leopard bush fish going through a "phase"?
 
The whiteworms I'm referring to are these:

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=white+worm+culture&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1680&bih=947&tbm=isch&tbnid=RnF0zXqfQNkJ-M:&imgrefurl=http://basementbettas.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/feeding-white-worms/&docid=SeE0iO0mOPGpvM&imgurl=http://basementbettas.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/cup-1.jpg&w=498&h=480&ei=wYP3T6TZO8WqrQH7_a2LCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=426&sig=115185997511693909967&page=1&tbnh=136&tbnw=111&start=0&ndsp=40&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:88&tx=44&ty=56
 

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