Hey Fish Heads---I have a 6-inch Tigrinis that I'm trying to put some size on. He will eat earthworms, pieces of cut-up shrimp, but I'm wondering about commercial foods. He will mouth a cichlid pellet, but won't eat it. Is there a good "meaty" type of prepared food that you like for catfish? Something I can supplement in with the other foods when I don't have time to prepare shrimp, etc. Thanks for any advice.
Tigrinis Catfish
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Just a guess on my part, but a lot of cichlid foods contain a fair amount of plant matter to cater to the varying degrees of herbivorous appetites among many assorted cichlids. I would think the Tigrinus would be more carnivorous in preference, so perhaps something like Massivore or North Fin Carnivore or other pellets geared towards predatory fish would be more appealing to it?
Maybe soaking the pellets for a short time in thaw water from frozen brine shrimp or bloodworms might make them even more tempting to a scent hunter like a catfish.
Maybe soaking the pellets for a short time in thaw water from frozen brine shrimp or bloodworms might make them even more tempting to a scent hunter like a catfish.
I tend to use the Yamitsu sinking sturgeon pellets as I find my fish like the taste and they are a good level of protein for adding weight.
I have a Tigrinus which hasnt grown as quickly as other cats I have
Saying that he does love pellets and in particular massivore and hikari cichlid sinkers
Mines gone from about 6" to about 13" now in about 3 years
Saying that he does love pellets and in particular massivore and hikari cichlid sinkers
Mines gone from about 6" to about 13" now in about 3 years
I recall that the sturgeon pellets I had once were insanely high in fat content; think they were Sera? They were so high in fat that I remember cautiously using them very gradually, adding them in small quantities to my gel foods or a few pellets at a time mixed in with much larger quantities of Massivore and North Fin pellets while feeding.
Fish did indeed eat them greedily, but much like human foods, it's easy to make something taste good if you don't mind loading it with fat, sugar, etc. I'd read the label carefully before using sturgeon pellets as a major dietary component.