clown wont eat?!!! Help me

[baldbald]

Got me a 4inch clown knife on monday. He hasnt ate yet. tryed to feed him bloodworms and he has feeders in the tank. Is it just to soon for him?? does anyone have any suggestions??

 

[Jeanna]

I had one that wouldn't eat for a least a week to 2 weeks. I was sooo worried about him. Eventually he ate. I used a turkey baster with (melted )frozen bloodworms for some time so he was used to eating and got stonger. He was very shy. After a while, he ate everything,
pellets, flakes, bloodworms, and pretty much anything I put in the tank. I think you just need to give him some time. *celebrate
Good luck to ya!!!!
Jeanna

 

[lordroad]

Try some live earthworms (red worms). Chop them up in chewable portions and drop a wiggling piece near him... watch it so it doesn't disappear into the gravel. My non-eating black ghost knife devoured his worm piece, and now he's the biggest pig in the tank.

Also, with the pieces, be sure to squeeze the black dirt goo out of them before feeding to the fish. A ghetto way of purging the worm.