My Rams And Brine Shrimp

[RobberyinCSharp]

I know that German Blue Rams and Electric Blue Rams can be picky eaters. I usually feed my rams Hikari Cichild Pellets and Frozen Bloodworms, depending on the day. I also add flakes to the combination for my croaking gouramis, as that seems to be their favorite thing to eat.

I recently bought a combo mix of 50% Brine Shrimp and 50% Bloodworms. I added it to the tank. The fish devoured the bloodworms in a hurry - but the shrimp? They acted as though it wasn't even food! My gouramis took a bite or two and spit it right back out. My rams did the exact same thing for the few times it attempted to eat them. I'm really bummed about this! I want to feed them as varied a diet as possible to keep their digestive systems in tip-top shape.

Any suggestions on getting them to eat, or explanations on why this is happening?

Thanks

 

[thereverendturtle]

Given time they will start to eat it. Fish can be very picky about food. Seems they develop a certain palate and new foods are taken reluctantly at first.

 

[magpie]

Maybe try some live brine shrimp first to get them to like it? My fish pretty much all go insane over live brine shrimp.

 

[swanseastilo]

One of my rams is scared of the live brine shrimp keeps bacing off from them

 

[Suleika]

I've fed my 4 new GBRs live brine shrimp today and they were gone within minutes