i have a catfish i just bought for my freshwater tank. I am not sure of the name but it is peacful and semi long silver fish with black spots going down the boddy with judge "Wiskers" it does not seem to be eating any fish flakes should i be feeding it something else?
2007-01-29 06:58:21 · 5 answers · asked by lyd285 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
They will eat flakes too. It is probably still aclaimating to its new home.
Catfish are generally voracious and WILL eat almost anything when its ready!
PS: Sounds like a Pimodella Catfish.
2007-01-29 07:06:57 · answer #1 · answered by aaaltered468 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Catfish generally fall into 2 groups. The scavengers who have downward facing whiskers. The predators who have outward facing whiskers. The predators tend to limit themselves to fish that fit in their mouths.
The scavengers will generally feed off food that falls to the bottom of the tank, and prefer to feed at night. Generally these guys won't feed during the day unless they aren't getting enough scraps. They will eat sinking pellets, but aren't fond of algae wafers. Pellet should be dropped in just before lights out.
The predatory catfish will eat things off the bottom, but prefer live food. Sinking pellet will work. They will also eat ghost shrimp, and fry. (Mine eat molly fry, and ghost shrimp in addition to sinking pellets.)
2007-01-29 16:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
cat fish are all bottom feeders so they wont came up to the top to eat so just make sure some of the flakes go down to the bottom and he will eat them
2007-01-29 15:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by sarah_see_123 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
they make pellets for bottom feeders but most of the time they will eat what the other fish miss
2007-01-29 15:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by someone 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Algae disks or some sinking pellets.
2007-01-29 15:04:36 · answer #5 · answered by Sinister 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋