My Tigrinus Catfish wont eat!

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Hey guys, I need help. I bought a tigrinus almost 3 weeks ago. His size is more lo less 12 inches. The previous owner told me that he is feeding the catfish Hikari Massivore delight and sinking cichlid gold. Its almost three weeks now in my tank and the catfish still wont eat. A few days ago I bought some goldfish feeders to see if he will eat but no it did not. So I bought some nightcrawlers worm from walmart which they sell in there fishing dept as fish bait. Are they safe for the tigrinus and other fish and what can i else do to make my tigrinus eat becasue he is getting skinnier now. For your info the catfish is in a 135gallon tank with some cichlids and bichers.

Please advice. Thank you guys.
 
the bichirs and cichlids might be stressing him out. what was he with before them? I would try feeding black worms with all the lights out. This is a bad habit of tigs unfortunately.
 
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