Is it realisticly feasible to raise a red tail or tiger shovelnose catfish on a good varied diet that does not include live feeder fish?
Raising catfish without using feeder fish?
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hell yeah... ive had both and i feed them freze dried krill, carnavor pellet's,and small piece's on meat
That's good to hear because I was worried that continued use of feeder fish might lead to a parasitic infection.BIGguppy;3376545; said:
raw shrimp, raw fillets. massivore delite, even some fruits. Mine will eat just about anything. Just don't overfeed or let uneaten food sit in the tank too long. 300 gallon water changes are not fun!!!!
My big guys have never been fed feeders (unless you count two stolen rainbow fish from when these guys were absolutely tiny). Mine have grown from 3.5" to 23" in one year, have beautiful color, have never been sick, and are super friendly. They live on massivore, sinking cichlid gold, market shrimp, krill, occasional earthworms (red wrigglers when they were little), tilapia, random algae waffers, etc. Good call on not wanting to feed live.
Live feeders can be risky. I originally fed my Lima Shovelnose live minnows, because he was really picky and refused anything else. After an encounter with Ich, I weaned him off of rosie reds and onto bloodworms. He looks much better.
