lgarvey
Fish Crazy
Hi,
I have 3 catfish in my mbuna tank. I love 'em to bits, but am worried about them not eating enough.
I have catfish pellets, but as soon as I drop one in the tank, one of the peacocks picks it up then about 5 minutes later it expells a load of dust from its gills (the tablet munched up).
I have other algae pellets that sink to the bottom, but I have to throw in a load of food so that the mbuna and peacocks don't devour everything. But then I am overfeeding? I have tried feeding at night time, with all lights off, but I notice that the fish still seem to hunt the food down and likely get it all before the catfisih have a chance to feed.
The catfish won't come up for food, but sometimes they might scale the side of the tank then shoot back down. \
How the hell do I feed my catfish? Anything I put in the tank gets attacked by teh mbuna, and if there's enough of them they will easily keep the catfish away from the food.
I suspect that the thing abotu putting too much food in teh tank is not as much of an issue when there's three catfish scanning every inch of the tank for food? I think I probably need to regularly put too much fairly quck sinking food into the tank so that the mbuna only get a portion of it before the rest hits the ground.
If that's the case, my next question is ... I know catfish like a good portion of protein in their diets. So far they're living off algae and vegatable based food. Is there a protein food that will sinky very fast so the catfish have a chance of getting it?
L
I have 3 catfish in my mbuna tank. I love 'em to bits, but am worried about them not eating enough.
I have catfish pellets, but as soon as I drop one in the tank, one of the peacocks picks it up then about 5 minutes later it expells a load of dust from its gills (the tablet munched up).
I have other algae pellets that sink to the bottom, but I have to throw in a load of food so that the mbuna and peacocks don't devour everything. But then I am overfeeding? I have tried feeding at night time, with all lights off, but I notice that the fish still seem to hunt the food down and likely get it all before the catfisih have a chance to feed.
The catfish won't come up for food, but sometimes they might scale the side of the tank then shoot back down. \
How the hell do I feed my catfish? Anything I put in the tank gets attacked by teh mbuna, and if there's enough of them they will easily keep the catfish away from the food.
I suspect that the thing abotu putting too much food in teh tank is not as much of an issue when there's three catfish scanning every inch of the tank for food? I think I probably need to regularly put too much fairly quck sinking food into the tank so that the mbuna only get a portion of it before the rest hits the ground.
If that's the case, my next question is ... I know catfish like a good portion of protein in their diets. So far they're living off algae and vegatable based food. Is there a protein food that will sinky very fast so the catfish have a chance of getting it?
L