he was in a 55gal for a long while about 2 months with no growth at all. then my mom decided she wanted to put some small african cichlids in their so i had to move him. im feeling a little better now, hes started eating feeder goldfishn today, fish which are half his size. I took a rainbow shark my mom had that had been picking on her cichlids and put him in my large catfish tank. if he survives for 2 weeks then im gunna put my TSN in there to grow, im just afraid they might eat him right now.
Why is my Tiger Shovelnose Growing so slow
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well even though it's in a small tank it doesn't really matter at that size... the key to it gaining size is having "CLEAN" water... when you have a small tank this means doing far more water changes (Speaking from personal experience... check the sig) Changing out only 4 gallons a week isn't good enough... Why is it that no one here with big cats has picked up on this... 
Growth needs 2 things... good food (Check) and good water (20% on a 20 gallon 1 time a week isn't good enough by far) do that every other day, give it a month to get it's metobolic rate sorted and you'll see an EXPLOSION of growth
Growth needs 2 things... good food (Check) and good water (20% on a 20 gallon 1 time a week isn't good enough by far) do that every other day, give it a month to get it's metobolic rate sorted and you'll see an EXPLOSION of growthi have two tsc both about 20" i had them at 2" there were alot of times when i thought they wernt growing but they obviously were.My fish are fed mainly on prawns and white fish .They have 2 large feeds a week they were in a 150 gal tank but now live in a 2000 gal.Not sure if ur doing it already but my advise would be to feed them untill they have huge bellys let them return to normal then repeat.
good luck
good luck
