Well, I think i may have found a way to get my achilles tang to accept pellets. I read this on TRT and the basic plan is to soak nori in selcon. Then after that crush NLS pellets to a dust like substance and powder it onto the nori, let it dry on the nori, and hopefully after a while the achilles will realize the smell of the nori and pellets are the same, and go after the pellets. Has anyone else used this method? Has anybody else used any other method?
The Achilles Tang Pellet Experiment
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While not a tang I have had some success getting my anthias to eat pellets with a similar method.
I crushed pellets up into Mysis shrimp and soaked it all in selcon. After a week I start leaving the pellets larger and larger, but still mixing with mysis. All of my females will now take pellets by themselves, but I am still having trouble with my male. He will eat them if they are mixed with Mysis, but will not touch them if I feed them alone even if they have selcon on them.
I crushed pellets up into Mysis shrimp and soaked it all in selcon. After a week I start leaving the pellets larger and larger, but still mixing with mysis. All of my females will now take pellets by themselves, but I am still having trouble with my male. He will eat them if they are mixed with Mysis, but will not touch them if I feed them alone even if they have selcon on them.
I'm not lazy!!!!!! 
but honestly the crushing up of pellets seems to be a bad idea. How much of it will get eaten vs going into the overflow. You guys should come over one day. I am probably the cheapest person, and wasting fish food is a no no to me lol.
but honestly the crushing up of pellets seems to be a bad idea. How much of it will get eaten vs going into the overflow. You guys should come over one day. I am probably the cheapest person, and wasting fish food is a no no to me lol.
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Congrats! Mine eats both pellets and flakes.
