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i am aware they get to that size and am in search of a bigger tank already.. online ive seen the fish housed with a fresh water moray eel and am wondering if the moray would be at danger or ther other way around. i dont want to get a 100gal tank for a tiny fish only :confused: i also know morays are brackish water fish but after doing much research ive recentyl found that in their natural lifestyles they live for years in freshwater and sometimes never return to the sea.. and what about plecos? i heard most fish dont eat them.. but i donno about biting chunks of them
my problem is still not solved :(.. he doesnt seem to see the food i throw in.. he ate twice so far and ive had him for almost a week now.. he seemed to eat the carnivore pellets.. ive thrown in shrimp pellets but he hasnt touched it.. im assuming the carnivor pellets that sank to the bottom were all eventually ate by my 2 parrots and 2 severums as they are constantly pecking at them since the second they fall in :)
do you think he will start eating soon.. and i dont want to return him to the lfs because his tank was so small there and i felt bad and hes mine now:D so i wanna make his home as good as posible.. maybe i would consider getting another one and and eel maybe once i get the new tank any day now :naughty: any idea on where to get another one or a "freshwater" moray eel assuming that my little guy will start eating soon
THANX FOR ALL YOU HELP :)
 
the so called freshwater moray eels do not last very long at all in 100% freshwater and should be considered a brackish fish or near brachish as a bare minimum despite there name , they are also very hard to get feeding they also have very poor sight and rely on smell to capture there food, in the aquarium this means you dangling a peice of shrimp in front of its mouth ,to say you get a bit nervious is an understatment ,esp. with a catfish in there that eats chunks of flesh out of bigger things in the tank. . i have had many over the years and in 100% freshwater all have suffered from fungus infection , they are happy in near brackish to full marine , i would honestly forget the freshwater moray eels , if an eel is something that interests you maybe look toward the spiney eels , they are a much better choice.

unfortunatly i think it is just going to be hit and miss with your catfish feeding , allow a bit more time for it to settle in since you have whitnessed it feeding there is no reason why it will not start feeding again .

plecos is probably a safe choice as they are will armoured and can withstand attacks from most fish .

good luck with your catfish , quite a few are lost in aquariums and i would put this down to there specialist feeding habits , 9/10 they have to actually bump into there pray before they eat it , or at least a chunck out of it . i suppose you could try hanging a peice of fish fillet in the tank and try to get him to hit it , its going to be trail and error though.

cheers col
 
thanx for all your help.. unfortunately my water has had a huge amonia spike.. basically amonia is at its highest and ive took half of the water out and replaced it and got a new filter cartrige and still nothing.. this was 2 days ago.. amonia is still at its highest.. so now im here wit a friend and we took all the fish out and put them in a 5 gallon tank we bought today and were taking all the water out of my tank replacing the filter cartrige again! all my fish are still alive but the catfish still hasnt touched food :( do u think its cause of the amonia spike?? and since im replacing all the water.. how long before i can put the fish back in.. how long can i leave them in the 5 gallon with no filter with their old water in there??? help pleaseee what could be causing my amonia??:(:(:(:(:cry:
 
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