Best food for unstablished catfish

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erpethoichthys

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5 days ago I bought a 4 lined pimelodus all the other fish are eating exept for him. I have tried flakes and different brands of sinking pellets both at night and in the day. The water parameters are ok. I just want to see the pimelodus eating .Any imput will be appreciated.
 
Have you tried feeding it your enemies?
Ok to be serious, try soaking the food in garlic.
 
Did you try Hikari sinking carnivore pellets. All my bottom feeders love it.
 
They are probably as easy to feed as catfish come. It could be still adjusting to the new tank or might be stressed out by the tank mates. Does it look healthy and adequately fed?
 
Then you have plenty of time, weeks or a month of two, that's so you don't worry about it starving. But if it doesn't feed after a couple of weeks, then a deeper look would be warranted as something is probably wrong.

They are a high strung, nervous, energetic fish that may take a longer time than usual to settle in and start feeding. Once it starts, you may wish it hasn't as it is likely it will outcompete everyone, on the bottom anyway.
 
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