My new Jardini's

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    @BoelderBeestie ... haha 'moody' is an understatement.. they are simply a law onto themselves
     
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    Yip they are a handful haha.
     
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    And we're going , one earthworm a day , but we going hahab,
    Han took one cricket today & one super worm , Solo ate just one earthworm now...
    I think he is scared of his food haha , goz he like swims right up next to eat , checks it out and swims away - does this 3 times , then he grabes the earthworm and shakes the worm worm around like an eagle slamming a fish to death , he then spits it out and grabes it again but then eats it...lol...
    tried throwing in the 2nd worm but he just gave it a stare of again , you can see he wants to do something with it but doesn't know what lol...
    Han on the other hand swims up to his crickets and eats one , then the rest he ignores , just swims up to them - realize they crickets then swims off

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    Well... that is not bad going at all!!!

    They are small so for now that's fine. At least they starting to come for the food
    Give them a few more days and im sure you will start seeing a change
     
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    And I am happy , Han ate a whole mealworm this afternoon & also ate like 5 crickets now...
    Solo also ate a mealworm this afternoon & also ate half now...


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    There you go!!!!

    Hehehe wont take long and they will be eating you out the house!!
     
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    I must Thank Maria for all her help , Solo is only now settling in quite nicely and starting to eat cut up super mealworms , him & Han are on 2 & 1/2 each a day now...

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    Always a pleasure... you will laugh at yourself in a few months time thinking how the two brats gave you a few extra grey hairs!!
     
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    Cool fish! Make sure your tank tops are well sealed, small jardini spook easily and will get through the smalles hole, I've had this happen to me twice...
     
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    Thank you...


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    Thank Jwh , yes - all lids/openigs all sealed

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    These Jars are like children...
    they eat just when they want to... lol

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    My very first post on this thread said to you: Welcome to Aroworld!!!

    I said to you last night Flash was 'playing' with food..
    Took the food spat it out, dropped it to the bottom and nose dived after it only to go back up and spit it out again
    Eventually I just fed the rays and he can starve
    Boy.. this morning was gobbling everything I threw in... she was even getting annoyed and splashing around because I wasn't feeding her fast enough...
     
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    I remember that , Han took 1 & 1/2 super mealworms today , and Solo only half...
    I hope they start to eat better , would like to up their diete with eider some shrimp or prawn , they can't live on Super mealworms forever? or can they?
    Solo doesn't like crickets at all hahaha

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    Its not ideal that they live on super worms only but at this size the main concern is getting them to eat and put on a little bit of size
    Then you can start introducing the prawns and letting them starve a little if you have to
     
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    that is the plan yes...
    I will try giving them better food once I see They eating better

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