What kind of shovelnose is this??

[Shark-Baite]

Hi!

What kind og shovelnose is this? It's only about 3" long.

I can't get it to eat anything, does it only eat live food, or does it eat anything else?

 

[BDawg364]

Thats a tsn, and I have one the same size. I drop in hikari sinking pellets (good for loaches, catfish, etc) and they dissappear and he's still alive, so i'm guessing he's eating them.

 

[michael]

Tiger shovel nose, one of the more common in the hobby. Gets monster.

 

[JEFF JOLLIE]

thats a tiger shovel nose, my eats shrimp and also eat live too..nice pics

 

[gman]

At that size i think the best thing to feed is black worms and krill and maybe small guppys.

 

[ROSS]

MOST CERTINLY IT IS A TIGER SHOVELNOSE , AND A YOUNG ONE TO .. HERE ARE SOME PIC'S OF MINE AT ABOUT A YEAR AND 9 1/2'' INCHE'S WITH MANAGUENSE CICHLID (JAGUAR) AND A MAYAN CICHLID (FALSE RED TERROR) FOR TAKMATE'S ..

GOOD LUCK AND POST MORE PIC'S

 

[Honda12]

Yep tigher shovel nose.

 

[Shark-Baite]

I still can't get It to eat anything. I's really skinny. Tried live neons, shrimps, sinking pellets nothing works

 

[Daniel Blom]

I still can't get It to eat anything. I's really skinny. Tried live neons, shrimps, sinking pellets nothing works

A young TSN might be quite shy, and can easily starve to death if the tankmates eat all the food. You can keep it in a separate tank until it starts eating.
This TSN was starving when I put it in a 40 g tank with a strong current. Didn't take long for it to start eating pieces of fish. Now I think the risk of famine is over...

 

[ROSS]

Did his nose look like that when you got him ????he may have a hard time eating cuz of this injury