Re: HELP!! Catfish gift
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mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
catfish are some of the most unpicky eaters I've ever encountered. Most, especially the bottom feeding ones (as opposed to my water column glass catfish) will eat anything that fits in their mouth, animal or vegetable. I even heard of one that swallowed a rubberband! But any quality sinking food or even veggies as a treat would be great.
Felix is eating the sinking food vey well. He doesn't look like any of the blue catfish on the web. He does look like the pictus catfish with a lot less spots. I will try to get a picture of him but he hides all the time. He is the only one in the tank so I don't know what his problem is. Thanks for the help. :bowing:
Umh, hey I don't know a lot about fresh water tanks but, did you cycle your tank before you put in your fish? If not you're going to have to do some major water changes and feed your tank VERY lightly. Feed an amount of food roughly = to the size of your fishe's eye. If you have a friend etc. ,"that you know is clean no infections in the tank etc." see if you can get part of one of their filter pads to start your tank off.
hth
chris
p.s. I really wasn't kidding I know very little about fresh water but, it can't be that different.
hth
chris
p.s. I really wasn't kidding I know very little about fresh water but, it can't be that different.
Yeah, that's a juvie channel cat... for a second I thought it was a columbian shark (white tip catfish).
Channel cat's get very big... deffinitely in the tank buster category. If you have any other fish in there, expect them to get harassed until killed, or their fins eaten, that's if the cat can't fit the entire fish into it's mouth anyways.
Channel cat's get very big... deffinitely in the tank buster category. If you have any other fish in there, expect them to get harassed until killed, or their fins eaten, that's if the cat can't fit the entire fish into it's mouth anyways.