Picky Gourami

[emo]

I've had my male dwarf gourami for about a month now, however all he will ever eat is frozen bloodworm!

At the moment all I have in the 10g tank is 2 female platys and a few platy fry. I try to feed a varied diet, flake (aquarian), daphnia delica and shelled peas.

The platys ravage everything, but whenever the gourami eats any of the above he'll just spit it right out.


I don't mind feeding bloodworm because they all really love it... but I want to vary all their diets as much as possible. I can't feed the gourami seperately because the platys will just eat the bloodworm too, and turn out like little piggies.


A while ago I had to stop feeding him for about 2 days, so after that I thought he'd take anything! But nope he's still as picky as ever.


Is there anything I can try? Or should I just let him be picky!

 

[sylvia]

They are such characters... Anyway, I can't see a definite solution besides just continuing to feed bloodworms. However, I think that if you persist, he will eventualy accept other foods too. I would stop feeding bloodworms for a while. If he gets realy hungry, I'm pretty shure he'll go for something else as well. Maybe try a new brand of flakes and keep switching foods around for as long as necessary until he decides to eat. Obviously, if you see a deterioration in his health due to the lack of food, resume feeding bloodworms and try again once he's healthy again (or just stick to them ). Also try some brine shrimp and pellet foods to see if he accepts those. Good luck