Striped raphael catfish not eating!

[divemaster99]

On Monday (February 10th) I transferred my sailfin pleco and striped raphael catfish into my 75 from my 30 tall. The pleco is fine and acting normal but my raphael hasn't eaten since I put him in which as of now is 6 DAYS! Take it my rainbow shark (who is now quarantined) was eating slime coat off him since Wednesday or Thursday but he won't bug him now since the shark is in a breeder net at the top if the tank until I give him to my friend on March 1st. I have tried to feed the cat everything under the sun that I own: flake, shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and frozen bloodworms but he won't touch ANY of them. I know it takes them a while to acclimate and maybe they won't eat at first but I have never seen a fish take more than 3 days before giving in to hunger. I leave the algae in over night and the shrimp pellets and they ARE gone in the morning though my sailfin pleco eats them as well and normally my raphael is a diurnal feeder. What should I do for him, just wait and give him time or something else?

30 water parameters:
temp: 78 F
ph: 7.6
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 60 (I'm doing water changes a lot more now so it's going down)

75 water parameters:
temp: 76 F
ph 7.6
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 5

 

[divemaster99]

Bump

 

[divemaster99]

Bump

 

[FuriousFish]

Catfish can go weeks without food. I was told 3 months on my thread where my red tail hybrid would not eat... I would not worry yet...


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[brz]

May be feeding at night when u r not looking. Mine rarely eats during day.

 

[lp85253]

they are a little jittery ,,,give him a few more days ,,maybe feed after lights out

 

[divemaster99]

Well maybe a little better tonight. He keeps taking in the shrimp pellets but spits them out in about a second. I will try feeding after dark again tonight.

 

[brz]

sounds like hes hopefully moving in the right direction. at least trying to eat now.

 

[divemaster99]

Yesterday he sucked on a piece of algae wafer for a while but them flipped out and fought my sailfin pleco for the plecos territory for 5 minutes before giving up and hiding somewhere else not eating for the rest of the night.

 

[divemaster99]

Haven't fed yet today but if he doesn't eat again tonight then it will be 11 days without eating now . I thought maybe he was stressed from the lack of good hiding spots so I remodeled the tank a bit but he just flipped out and is recovery under a driftwood cave where he is only HALF hidden rather than the new spot I made (directly next to it I might add) where he would be completely covered and hidden from me unless I looked in from the side.

Is there anything I can do to get him to eat? I've tried flake, shrimp pellets, algae wafer, and frozen bloodworms he won't swallow any.

how can I get him to move into his new spot until I pick up a new piece of large driftwood with digits for him to hide in?

he also looks semi ill, which may be from not eating so overall what should I do to help him in general. And please don't tell me not to worry since I don't want my favorite fish to die.