Poly's eating Catfish

[Divasen]

Hi,

I went fishing this weekend and caught some of our local catfish. What do you guys think about feeding catfish chunks to polys?

Thank you

 

[Morledzep]

mine have no trouble eating catfish.. but i don't like to feed it cause it's slimey. i do give them tilapia, shrimp and chicken breast regularly.

 

[GarNiac]

it should be OK, I used to feed my bichirs with baby catfishes, but it costs more.

 

[Divasen]

Thanks guys, i agree the it seem to be slimey, but i will try as i got about 3kgs of catfish for them to eat

 

[vaipulu]

it should be OK, I used to feed my bichirs with baby catfishes, but it costs more.

I would think that your bichir might get snagged on a spine trying to eat it? no? ...

 

[GarNiac]

I would think that your bichir might get snagged on a spine trying to eat it? no? ...

NO!, my bichirs were Ok, they loved it,
baby catfishes are soft, n my bichirs had them just fine.

 

[Divasen]

NO!, my bichirs were Ok, they loved it,
baby catfishes are soft, n my bichirs had them just fine.

How big are these baby catfish?

 

[GarNiac]

How big are these baby catfish?

they sold them here in the lfs range from 5 cm to 8 cm, so we can choose depending on the size of our bichirs, I think the name is Clarias batrachus.

 

[Divasen]

Here is a pic of the cat fish chunks that i feed my fish lastnite, some of them loved it and the other(my3 laps and a few endi's didnt eat it) i guess they were full of the lanch fish i feed them the other day. Will give them more in a day ot 2's time.

 

[scorp]

they sold them here in the lfs range from 5 cm to 8 cm, so we can choose depending on the size of our bichirs, I think the name is Clarias batrachus.

must be somewhere in Asia then?! I have seen a lot of videos from asia where people use loaches and catfish (clarias, no plecos or such) as feeders. Seems to be the equivalent of the goldfish