Hey there I recently added an African Clawed Frog to my 20 gallon aquarium, he's currently in there with 3 zebra danios, an apple snail, and two ghost shrimp. I've got a 55 gallon tank currently cycling and I'd like to make that his new home once the tank is properly cycled. I know he's going to grow up and gobbled up everything in my 20 gallon so I have a plan to move him..

My question is, my frog is currently small, about an inch or a little bigger than an inch. I am having a really hard time getting him to eat pellets, right now I am feeding him Hikari frozen blood worms mostly and he loves them! He will usually gobble up a small clump and then actively seek out any stragglers (though the fish do a good job at cleaning them up too). I am using a turkey baster to shoot them right in front of his face and he goes crazy for them, he's already gotten noticeably bigger than he was when I got him, which was a little over a week ago. He seems healthy.

I've added pond pebbles to my aquarium for substrate (and the pellets usually sink in and are never eaten) and when I feed him HBH Frog and Tadpole bites (and I've tried to make them even smaller) I have to either drop them right in front of him or he ignores them, he will sometimes make a lunge for them but usually spits them out. I just can't get him to eat them. He also ignores freeze dried tubifex worms (but I heard these aren't that good for them anyways so I stopped).

Anyways long story short. I just can't get this guy to eat pellets. He only seems to have an appetite for blood worms, and I read that while the Hikari blood worms are highly rated that these aren't the best food for them.

I've tried using a turkey baster and softening the pellets a bit but he either ignores it or spits it out every time. Any idea how I can get him to eat the pellets? I know it's good for him.. he just wants no part of it. Can he survive on blood worms for a bit? He's rather enthusiastic when those appear..