Catfish help!

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BlueTailCatfish said:
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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True, brother. But few things are as abominable as pushing one's opinion down someone else's throat (barring when it's your job), it is double abominable when this activity is unsolicited. (I am guilty of that too.)

IMHO, once you answered the OP questions well, a grounded, clear, polite hint or relevant extraneous question may be warranted but may I suggest that if you, Kiril, are so disturbed by it, write him a PM. In verbal communication, it is more acceptable to jump from topic to topic and is also possible to gauge someone's reaction to what you say immediately and correct yourself or drop it altogether. My naive understanding of written communication is: keep on topic and answer the questions. Want more? Start your own thread or write a PM or both.
 
rajatariqmustafa15 said:
...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...
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Would you have an appetite caged in one cell with a killer? :) I'd not think so. Fish do NOT normally eat when they are stressed, let it be bad water, bad tank mates, a disease, etc.


rajatariqmustafa15 said:
... Blue line. Sharks are common iridescent sharks can a paroon and iridescent shark live together peacefully.
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Ah, got it but (is this a question?) I thought we had this covered, no? http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...586992-ID-THIS-SHARK-CATFISH&highlight=paroon
 
To reiterate TBTB's comment about TSNs not caring for pellets, my TSN is kept with three other big cats that all love pellets but he has fasted for a month or better on multiple occasions when I've tried converting him. Regardless of how hungry he is he shows absolutely no interest in pellets but he's often the first to take thawed fish or shrimp directly from my hand at the surface.
 
I've seen videos on youtube, I've tsn eat pellets. So don't u think its possible,
I mean don't the same rules apply to the tsn as to the rtc
 
rajatariqmustafa15 said:
I've seen videos on youtube, I've tsn eat pellets. So don't u think its possible,
I mean don't the same rules apply to the tsn as to the rtc
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TSN is from the same as an RTC, most of which will eat absolutely anything that fits their mouth and are attracted to a wide variety of smells due to their more varied natural diet. It's certainly possible to convert TSN and many do take pellets with some coaxing but others are more stubborn. I've noticed no weight loss in the multiple fasts mine's endured while I was trying to convert him to pellets and he could probably fast for many months without negative health effects but I have access to cheap seafood and don't mind stuffing pellets in some to make sure he's getting a healthy diet so it's not worth trying to force the issue IMO.

A hungry RTC will likely take to the floating pellets pretty quickly. Mine has taken every type of pellet I've offered, floating or sinking, with no trouble.
 
RTC in a way of feeding in nature is ~ nothing like a TSN. RTC is an opportunistic scavenger. TSN is an ~ all-out predator.

You can see that RTC is built as a scavenger, not a streamlined, hydrodynamic, camouflaged predator, such as TSN. TSN is an ambush predator for the largest part. When it hangs in the weeds, driftwood, simply murky water, etc. face-on, it has a very small profile, just like even better predators like perches and pikes and arowanas and arapaimas. The prey sees a small "face", fish, stick, piece of weed, etc., which, when turned sidewise, turns out to be a huge fish. Hence, the name too Pseudo-platy-stoma = Fake-flat(read deceivingly flat or collapsible)-mouth.

RTC has a stealth factor of a hippopotamus with its humongous head (Phracto-cephalus = Fence-head, ~ armored, protective head, ram head, etc.) and bulky, thick body and is as camouflaged as a mating male cichlid or a peacock in heat with its blazing white side stripe and red in the fins, white "lips" and white barbels. Sure it can easily catch live prey in confines of someone's tank and such "horror" stories abound. It does not mean it is a predator. It is opportunistic, which means it will make due with what it thinks it has. It is far more adaptable than TSN. My RTCs took all foods no matter of their physical distribution within the water column.

As I said, mine largest TSNs (2'+) have taken to pellets too but I am dubious they'd thrive on them. Just because you saw a TSN take a pellet, it does not mean much, it certainly does not mean that chances are you can feed yours only or mostly pellets. :) I've seen people drink hard liquor. It does not mean they can survive on it instead of water, neither does it mean the hard liquor is good for them :)
 
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