Catfish help!

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joel said:
Any sinking pellets. Even floating pellets. Shrimp, tilapia, earthworms. They will eat everything and anything


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man il tell u why I'm asking u this. Now I'm going to tell u the whole story, I bought seven rtcs and tried to feeding pellets, or tablets, but they didn't eat them, and one by one they all died, so I brought my 8 th and 9th rtc then I started feeding them chicken liver, which they loved and they grew to one one foot. But I didn't like it because the water got dirty, I tried feeding them Hikari Cichlid gold but I don't think they ate it so this is why I'm asking u this again and again will they eat. Because this time I'm note going to feed Anything fatty and bloody, sometimes maybe but mostly pellets. Is there any explanation why the babies red tail catfish didn't eat the tablets and why the big one didn't eat them.and bro I mean no disrespect I kept these monsters with paroon and blue line sharks , and blood parrots, and albino walking catfish. This time I'll try that the other fish are big and the rtc and shovelnose are small. Will that work?
 
If you decide to get any small cats try feeding blood worms for awhile. 9 times out of 10 they will eat them then you can try to get them onto another diet. As far as tank mates they won't last long in a tank with a fast growing hungry rtc. But you can do what ever you want to do.


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Do we get sinking blood worms? I'm asking advice if I'm not going to listen to it why would I ask for it. I'm deciding to get 8 inch oscars and parrot with small baby sized rtc and shovelnose when they get big I'll find a new home for them
 
rajatariqmustafa15 said:
Guys I need your help, I wanted to ask you guys something. I want to ask you that can a red tail catfish, tiger shovelnose or chocolate frog mouth catfish live on pellets sinking ones that is while they r baby's. I'm talking about Hikari sinking Cichlid gold or something like that. And yeah one more thing. I have the same question for a fire eel.does the fire eel eat pellets?
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RTCs, as stated above, eat any and all normal fish foods.

IMO and IME, it will be hard to get TSN to eat dry foods. Possible but not easy and they even then may remain malnourished. TSN relish fleshy foods - fish, whole or pieces, crustaceans, sea foods, snails and other inverts, frogs, worms, snakes, lizards, etc.

Frog mouths I have no experience with. I suggest reading their profiles on internet.

Fire eels, when 2'+, often eat everything. Under 1'", they can be very fussy. Not always but often IME. Spiny eels cannot resist ghost shrimp. Mine also fed like TSNs - anything fleshy.

I am glad to see you decided to stay away from chicken liver and such.

rajatariqmustafa15 said:
man il tell u why I'm asking u this. Now I'm going to tell u the whole story, I bought seven rtcs and tried to feeding pellets, or tablets, but they didn't eat them, and one by one they all died, so I brought my 8 th and 9th rtc then I started feeding them chicken liver, which they loved and they grew to one one foot. But I didn't like it because the water got dirty, I tried feeding them Hikari Cichlid gold but I don't think they ate it so this is why I'm asking u this again and again will they eat. Because this time I'm note going to feed Anything fatty and bloody, sometimes maybe but mostly pellets. Is there any explanation why the babies red tail catfish didn't eat the tablets and why the big one didn't eat them.and bro I mean no disrespect I kept these monsters with paroon and blue line sharks , and blood parrots, and albino walking catfish. This time I'll try that the other fish are big and the rtc and shovelnose are small. Will that work?
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It's a guess at this point but your RTCs probably died from bad water quality, not for refusal of the pellets. In general, in good water and without any other stress factors, all RTCs need is a few days fast and they will take any new foods. In fact, I'd even go so far to state that if they don't, I'd turn my utmost attention to water quality (NH3, NO2, NO3, temp, pH, oxygen, hardness, salinity, etc.) and possible other stress factors, too much light, bullying tankmates, signs of medical problems, parasites, etc.

Just a suggestion: please consider calling blue line sharks an IDS as no one or almost no one will recognize them by the name of blue line.

What will work? Would you please consider revising and explaining the question?
 
Guys he is trying to keep a RTC TSN paroon sharks ID sharks oscars blood parrots and more in a 7 foot tank!

This tank can not even house ONE red tail catfish let alone the rest of the stock!


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thebiggerthebetter said:
RTCs, as stated above, eat any and all normal fish foods.

IMO and IME, it will be hard to get TSN to eat dry foods. Possible but not easy and they even then may remain malnourished. TSN relish fleshy foods - fish, whole or pieces, crustaceans, sea foods, snails and other inverts, frogs, worms, snakes, lizards, etc.

Frog mouths I have no experience with. I suggest reading their profiles on internet.

Fire eels, when 2'+, often eat everything. Under 1'", they can be very fussy. Not always but often IME. Spiny eels cannot resist ghost shrimp. Mine also fed like TSNs - anything fleshy.

I am glad to see you decided to stay away from chicken liver and such.



It's a guess at this point but your RTCs probably died from bad water quality, not for refusal of the pellets. In general, in good water and without any other stress factors, all RTCs need is a few days fast and they will take any new foods. In fact, I'd even go so far to state that if they don't, I'd turn my utmost attention to water quality (NH3, NO2, NO3, temp, pH, oxygen, hardness, salinity, etc.) and possible other stress factors, too much light, bullying tankmates, signs of medical problems, parasites, etc.

Just a suggestion: please consider calling blue line sharks an IDS as no one or almost no one will recognize them by the name of blue line.

What will work? Would you please consider revising and explaining the question?
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well let me explain, the red tail catfish got injured due to an oscar who killed many , I'm not gonna keep them for a long time, because they get to big and I don't have so much space to house them. I'm keep small baby's guys, 8 to 11 inches they will be sold, I know it's weird but this way I get to keep every fish, the main question is when the catfish got 8 it. Only ate liver, no pellets, it didn't die I sold it, the guys who came before it, took a hell of a beating from an oscar and died but they also did not eat pellets. So this is the story. Blue line. Sharks are common iridescent sharks
can a paroon and iridescent shark live together peacefully. Sorry for not explaining properly.
 
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