Zebra Shovelnose Catfish - Brachyplatystoma tigrinum

[RealCrix220]

Picked up one of these a few weeks back

im amazed and would love to see anyone else keeping them

Lets see um

 

[RealCrix220]

Here’s my little guy

I’m struggling to get him to eat, I’ve offered everything possible and I’m yet to see him eat

I’ve had him just over 3 weeks

 

[danotaylor]

He’s a handsome bloke mate.
Have you tried live earthworms? At least they can live in the tank for several hours without any affect of your water quality

 

[RealCrix220]

He’s a handsome bloke mate.
Have you tried live earthworms? At least they can live in the tank for several hours without any affect of your water qualI havent tried any yet as im not close to any tackle shops to be able to buy them and ive been told that if i catch them in my garden i have to do sokmething to remove toxins or something along them lines.

I spoke to the shop i got him from today and they told me that they got him feeding at first on Stendker Beef heart ( he was in with discus ), i went to the shop and got a pack so I'm going to try that tonight and hopefully that gets him eating something then i can try the prawns and mussel again

 

[RealCrix220]

i haven't tried any earthworms yet as I'm not close to any tackle shops to be able to buy them and I've been told that if i catch them in my garden i have to do something to remove toxins or something along them lines.

 

[Ansorgii]

You only need to be warry of toxins in your garden if you use them/spray your plants. And you can also go to a local forest to collect them.

 

[RealCrix220]

You only need to be warry of toxins in your garden if you use them/spray your plants. And you can also go to a local forest to collect them.

Uh good, no i don't use anything apart from water in my garden

Ill be keeping my eye out for some now as we are getting a bit of rain so they will be coming out

and thank you

 

[RealCrix220]

FINALLY

The beef heart worked

Messy stuff tho

Now hopefully I can get him eating other stuff, I sat in front of him while he ate it so hopefully he knows that hand that feeds him now

 

[danotaylor]

Great news mate. It’s always stressful when a newbie won’t eat.
You could start pressing the pellets you wanna train it on into the beef heart once it’s defrosted. Decrease the amount of beef heart & increase the pellet load so it get used to the taste & texture. The large fluval bug bite pellets would be a good protein rich pellets to try

 

[RealCrix220]

Great news mate. It’s always stressful when a newbie won’t eat.
You could start pressing the pellets you wanna train it on into the beef heart once it’s defrosted. Decrease the amount of beef heart & increase the pellet load so it get used to the taste & texture. The large fluval bug bite pellets would be a good protein rich pellets to try

I was starting to get a little worried as it would have been 4 weeks this coming Tuesday since I got him so I’m super happy now

Thanks for the tip, I have got the Hikari Massivore Delite but I’ve always been a fan of the bugbites so I’ll invest in some of them

Thanks again mate