What do these guys eat? I've kept one for over a year with my common plec and some silver sharks in my 100gal (130US gal) aquarium. I put courgette in the tank, lettuce etc for the plec and algae wafers. Whilst it has never died, it is always looking thin and has hardly grown, if at all. What can I do? I have pinned food down at the bottom of the tank - as it hides with the plec during the day and I assume must eat at night as my plec does. Since it is still alive I have to assume it is eating - after a year it would be dead. Any tips?
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Synodontis eupterus normally are not that picky. By this time, your fish should be 6-7 inches already.
I have several Synodontis euptera and they are great fish. Mine do great on sinking cichlid pellets, shrimp pellets, frozen bloodworms, and mysis shrimp. They are not particularly fond of vegetable based foods.
Hope this helps,
Mark
Hope this helps,
Mark
My 2 gobble spirilina wafers like crazy. (Actual spirilina, not the 'algae wafers' sold at PetsMart). They also scarf up flakes, mussel and little chunks of shrimp. Catfish need meat in their diets, not just veggies. I've had mine 6 months, they were literally 1" when I got them and counting tails they're just under 6" now. You may've just gotten a runt and it's not your fault. Have you ever treated the tank for internal parasites? Might try that.
I feed my sharks flakes, catfish pellets get put in there too but all these things are gone before they are on the bottom more than 5 mins and so what can I do?
To the tank I put in tropical flakes, catfish pellets, tropical pellets, algae wafers, courgette, cucumber, lettuce peas etc. I've never seen it eat any of these things. I've even see it swim past peas and some pellets before?
Why is it doing this?
To the tank I put in tropical flakes, catfish pellets, tropical pellets, algae wafers, courgette, cucumber, lettuce peas etc. I've never seen it eat any of these things. I've even see it swim past peas and some pellets before?
Why is it doing this?
None of your posts say you've tried live or frozen foods to it. Try bloodworms, earthworms and shrimps, and increase the temperature to 28 degrees Celsius. If that catfish doesn't seem to eat, then there is definitely something wrong with it. How big is it?
I've tried bloodworms, live and frozen and other frozen meaty foods. It's all eaten by the sharks and even when some get to the gravel the daft catfish just stares out its hiding place looking at the food nervous! It's about 3 inch max and its body isnt very fat at all. Very wide head then the body goes in. Hm where could I get earthworms, without having to dig up a garden, as I don't have one.
Why 28 degrees? I have a plec and sharks too and it's going to reduce my 02 in the water. Also during summer last year it was so warm here tank was at 29 for several months - still didn't make it eat / grow
Why 28 degrees? I have a plec and sharks too and it's going to reduce my 02 in the water. Also during summer last year it was so warm here tank was at 29 for several months - still didn't make it eat / grow