Should however I have found some clowns dont like pellets just depends on how they were raised and where they came from. If you notice he isn't eating id get some flakes. If you have the money start getting into the bigger and better stuff.
he should. some, like mine, dont. but they will eat mysis. you can get them to eat pellet by feeding mysis with some pellt. each feed decrease the amount of mysis and add pellets.