This male is super shy and jumpy. When I was there he seemed to be more relaxed when the female was in the tank. If there's a way you could put her feeding container up beside the tank and let him see her eat, that might be worth a try too. My baby is by far the shyest of mine, and he will come out and start begging if he sees Houdini eating.

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If it is any of the fish listed above, then YES it is bad to feed these on a regular basis. Feeding them once or twice is fine, but not as a staple diet.
No one knows what species those fish were, probably not even the guy selling them If I had to guess, I would say they were a safe species since the garter he's talking about is my Houdini who is a very healthy 12 years old right now (he's blind, but because of cataracts), and ate them almost exclusively for the first 10 of those years until I found this forum and realized it was a no-no.
Since frozen silversides haven't been tried yet, it would be better to try those before going to these minnows.