Catfish keep throwing up?

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So I have two catfish, a Tigershovel Nose, and a red tail catfish, but one of the two keep throwing up. I keep finding massivore pellets being regurgitated sometimes two three times after a feeding. As I am typing I am doing a water change, cause someone barfed, and DURING this water change someone has has puked twice more!?!?!?

This wasn't so bad the first time, but I find that I am constantly changing the water now cause it keeps happening cause he doesn't puke up one or two pellets but like 5-6. and it messes up the water pretty hard.

It won't happen EVERYTIME I feed them, but its probably like half the time. What is causing this? What should I do?

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
can you tell us your water parameters? temp, tank size, fish size, chemistry? anything that can start givign us clues? sand or gravel bottom, fake plants?
 
Puking during a WC (= stress) can be normal, more so for more sensitive fish, not as hardy as TSN and RTC but it can happen to them too. That's why WC are usually done 1-2 days after they had a good, filling meal.

Puking in general is not normal. It indicates the fish is having trouble digesting the food. Why that can be?

-- Wrong diet,
-- wrong temp
-- wrong pH/hardness/etc,
-- presence of toxins in the water, not only the usual ammonia and/or nitrite but also trace amounts of metals like aluminum or heavy metals like iron, etc.,
-- high nitrates (not enough WCs),
-- internal parasitic infestation,
-- constant stress - can be from ammonia, nitrite, chlorine, chloramine, or low oxygen, or bad tankmates, etc.

are some of the common culprits.
 
water parameters were all in check before feeding, I change my water every time they puke which unfortunately is like every 2 days, and if they don't puke I change the water every week.

Temp sits at a balmy 78 degrees, in a 180 gallon tank, I have a sand bottom tank, Carib Sea Tahitian Black Moon.

No plants, but a few pieces of driftwood that I stacked so the clown loaches can hang out and hide in.

Stock:

2 Silver aros - 12" each
11" Tiger Shovel Nose
8" Red Tail Cat
8" Orino Peacock bass
2 Motoro Sting rays 6" or so each
4 clown loaches, all about 4-6"

I have two Eheim Pro 3 Ultra G160 canister filters, and a Fluval FX5 canister as well.

There is zero aggression in the tank, maybe the odd nipping if someone gets too close but its usually the arowanas that nip each other more than anything.
 
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