Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
He's my system.
If they start eating right away there's no need to cover.
If it looks like they are not interested then I set them somewhere out of the way and check on them over the next few hours.
If they still don't eat then I cover the container and give them more time. Possibly over night.
This is what works for me.
Individual result may vary.


Just looked at your photos. I think that container is too large. Gives the fish too much room to be away from the snake.
A nice, small round container puts the fish and snake in almost constant contact.
If the fish flops it usually is flopping on the snake and that will help trigger a feeding response
Gotcha thanks. I'll do that next time.

I'm buying a deli cup or something later, I realized it was too big. There were a lot of guppies so he was contacting them. Rubbing against his nose etc.