I dropped small pieces as well.. he just swims right over them.
Anyone know where i can get fish-eatable worms?
Anyone know where i can get fish-eatable worms?
Lima ShovelNose Info/Problems
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ghost shrimp and guppies are a good start, just be persistent with the shrimp and pellets (sinking) take them out though if he doesnt eat them as they will cause an ammonia spike
what kind of worms nightcrawlers you can just buy from walmart or a bait store but blackworms you can order off the net i forgot the web site bloodworms and many others can be bought at most petstores
mine doesn't move that much just hovers till food comes but they have now been described as five diffent species of sorubim and i am interested if they grow to differn't sizes but most grow to atleast 12'' but there are def ones that get over 24'' so be prepared no matter what species it is
mine doesn't move that much just hovers till food comes but they have now been described as five diffent species of sorubim and i am interested if they grow to differn't sizes but most grow to atleast 12'' but there are def ones that get over 24'' so be prepared no matter what species it is
frozen blood worms are good, mine goes nuts for those, walmart has night crawlers, never tried feeding mine those
Nightcrawlers are a great food staple for shovelnose catfish. I start feeding nightcrawlers as soon as my shovelnose are 6+ inches and feed them whole. When smaller I grew them up on ghost shrimp/rosy's and then moved to nightcrawlers, then to pellets with nightcrawlers on occasion and larger feeders of various kinds rarely(they have to survive past the pbass frenzy for the cats to have a chance)
I've never had my Lima's ever want to eat out of my hand like I've had experience with several RTC's however this new beast one is showing promising signs it already comes way closer within inches of my hand when I drop in market shrimp for it and I think before long I should have it eating shrimp from my hand. Often times though it will wait a few minutes after the shrimp hits the bottom before taking any action unlike some of my shovelnose that won't even let the food sink to the bottom before eating it.
Breeding of Lima's to my knowledge has not taken place in the aquarium/zoo anywhere, period. They bred TSN succesfully last year for the first time at the University of Ohio I believe it was in larger pond setups but its a start. I plan on attempting to breed some of the shovelnose species down the line and am growing several species out as we speak for such a reason. ~Trent
I've never had my Lima's ever want to eat out of my hand like I've had experience with several RTC's however this new beast one is showing promising signs it already comes way closer within inches of my hand when I drop in market shrimp for it and I think before long I should have it eating shrimp from my hand. Often times though it will wait a few minutes after the shrimp hits the bottom before taking any action unlike some of my shovelnose that won't even let the food sink to the bottom before eating it.
Breeding of Lima's to my knowledge has not taken place in the aquarium/zoo anywhere, period. They bred TSN succesfully last year for the first time at the University of Ohio I believe it was in larger pond setups but its a start. I plan on attempting to breed some of the shovelnose species down the line and am growing several species out as we speak for such a reason. ~Trent
