Hey! Tancho when I got my aro about 7 inches. I let him be do get use the enviroment about 4-5 days than I gave him pellets. No problem everything gone in 1 minute. Later I starved him for another 2 days than gave him crushed carrots whack also. Yesterday introduced to him worms no problem also. Looks like I got one which eats anything under the sun. Same as the owner He..hee...he