WTB small flathead catfish
- Thread starter Joenelson145
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Good than I expect a thread! I would recommend tong feeding for all flatheadsOh yeah: Coolest native catfish there is IMO.
Which I'm sure you know, but other readers may not.
I kept a 12" before, but gave him to a friend when I took a break from the hobby. He ate raw shrimp at night (he never came out during the day). Hopefully I can get this guy to eat pellets eventually.
Try mixing pellets with bits of fish or shrimp in a gelatin mixture so he gets to associate the taste and smell of pellets with food
A regularly updated thread would indeed be so refreshing. We get nothing on flatties, not a single grow out thread.
I am one of the other readers. Why only tongs?
Hand feeding these guys will get you injured as they get bigger, while leaving food on the floor of the tank often means it gets ignored, tong feeding leaves the fish associating tongs with food, not your hands while cleaning the tank.
Dropping food in front of the fish is often frustrating and not worthwhile
