So I recently purchased a Tiger shovelnose at about 5" and a 3 and a half in(now about 6" and 5" respectively after about 3 weeks). living with a 6 in. red tiger Oscar a pleco(5") and 2 sunglow cats(2"). The funny thing is the hybrid is the least aggressive fish ever... sometimes the O' will "hit" him and all he does is move or swim away. I know that he could and probably will eventually eat the sunglow cats but they swim with him and around him and he pays no attention to them, i think he might even enjoy their company... But he is the most gluttonous monster I've ever meet. I recently tried getting them off of feeders, went to the local Stop and Shop and picked up some beef liver (couldn't find chicken gizzards or beef heart
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So I try the liver and the hybrid loves it, but I keep trying to get the tsn some... Freekin' cat keeps getting spooked by the falling peice and guess who finishes it. Eventually the rtc x tsn is bloated beyond belief and tsn didn't eat any... So the next day I try and feed my tsn the liver again, I drop the piece right in front of his face and again he gets spooked and swims away... and guess who comes out of his cave gorged out of his mind to come suck up the meat. Yep, the hybrid then he went back to the cave gasping for air and spent the whole day in there... Today he's out and his belly's' gone down a bit but I'm afraid of trying to feed my tsn until the hybrid tummy's gone down more because I'm afraid he'll kill himself from over eating. I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions because I'd really like to get these guys off feeders but I haven't seen the tsn eat the liver yet.... but he hasn't exactly had the chance either...
.)So I try the liver and the hybrid loves it, but I keep trying to get the tsn some... Freekin' cat keeps getting spooked by the falling peice and guess who finishes it. Eventually the rtc x tsn is bloated beyond belief and tsn didn't eat any... So the next day I try and feed my tsn the liver again, I drop the piece right in front of his face and again he gets spooked and swims away... and guess who comes out of his cave gorged out of his mind to come suck up the meat. Yep, the hybrid then he went back to the cave gasping for air and spent the whole day in there... Today he's out and his belly's' gone down a bit but I'm afraid of trying to feed my tsn until the hybrid tummy's gone down more because I'm afraid he'll kill himself from over eating. I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions because I'd really like to get these guys off feeders but I haven't seen the tsn eat the liver yet.... but he hasn't exactly had the chance either...
