USD Catfish not getting enough to eat?`

StacieA

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What's the best way to make sure my upside-down catfish are getting enough to eat? Between the danios and the clown loaches, there never seems to be any food left over for them. :(
 
Feed them at night, they are nocturnal anyway.
 
I do feed at night and I try to 'distract' everybody else by putting some food on the other end of the tank and then I squirt food right down on the sand next to their log. Last night I tried turning off all the lights in the room and just kept the blue lights on and I noticed that the tiny one aka 'Scaredy Cat' rumaged around for a few seconds but then those nosey clown loaches came over to see what was going on and she skedaddled into the cave again. :(

Will they resort to eating algae and plants if they get hungry enough?
 
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