snugpuppies
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Well I hate to admit it, but my aro is in charge! I got him about 4 months ago and continue to try and train him to eat pellets. Everytime, he spits them out. 
I moved him to his new home a month ago (340 gallon) and took advantage of the move - and only fed pellets. 10 days went by and he refused to eat. I gave up and fed him MP's.
A week ago I tried stuffing the prawns with pellets. First day - he fell for it and ate them! Ah - ha. I went to bed pretty darn proud of myself.
Second day, not so good. He grabbed each piece of prawn and shook it apart until all the pellet fragments fell out. Then he casually ate the prawn.
Third day - he refused to eat at all. I didn't even stuff the prawns. He simply sulked and swam right by them.
Two more days - he would take the prawn and toss it around a little but wouldn't eat it. Very disinterested.
Starting to get mildly concerned now as he has also become more agitated and picking on his tankmates (which he never does). Took a strike at my 10 inch clown loach and decided to try and nimble on my 12' bichir's head.
Day - 6 (yesterday): he ate the market prawn right away - just like the good old days.
Today - same thing - ate no problem.
Lesson learned! My aro is definitely in charge of his meal plan.
I moved him to his new home a month ago (340 gallon) and took advantage of the move - and only fed pellets. 10 days went by and he refused to eat. I gave up and fed him MP's.
A week ago I tried stuffing the prawns with pellets. First day - he fell for it and ate them! Ah - ha. I went to bed pretty darn proud of myself.
Second day, not so good. He grabbed each piece of prawn and shook it apart until all the pellet fragments fell out. Then he casually ate the prawn.
Third day - he refused to eat at all. I didn't even stuff the prawns. He simply sulked and swam right by them.
Two more days - he would take the prawn and toss it around a little but wouldn't eat it. Very disinterested.
Starting to get mildly concerned now as he has also become more agitated and picking on his tankmates (which he never does). Took a strike at my 10 inch clown loach and decided to try and nimble on my 12' bichir's head.
Day - 6 (yesterday): he ate the market prawn right away - just like the good old days.
Today - same thing - ate no problem.
Lesson learned! My aro is definitely in charge of his meal plan.