oily fish

[lovecatfish4928]

I'm interested in keeping a pair of gulpers in a 55 gallon tank for life. I'm hoping to plant it with java moss and pvc tubing for hiding places for the two cat fishes. I could get mackeral fishes to feed these wonderful species at a consistent basis. My question is this good food items as stable diet for gulper catfish. I'm planing to get FX5 canister for proper filtration andt is powerful enough to provide enough current to satisfied their need.

[lovecatfish4928]

Is atlantic mackeral too oily of a fish to safely feed gulper cats.What is a good alternate fish to feed the gulper catfish

[MatsP]

Any low cost fish you can get hold of. Here in this country, I would go to the supermarket and buy the budget form of frozen "white fish" - that is most likely to be pollock here, and the packs sell for something like £1.50 per 400g (around $2 for about 0.8lbs)- it's a fish in the same family as cod. But any white fish will be lean and good food.

Mackerel is quite fatty, so probably not a good idea unless it's mixed with a large proportion of some leaner fish-meat.

Edit: I merged your two posts into one, as the subjects are similar, and my question sort of answers both posts.

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Mats

[coelacanth]

Yeah, with Mackerel you'll probably find it leads to water quality issues in the short term and possibly health issues in the long term.

[worton[pl]]

Hello,

funny I was recently also thinking about diet of predatory fishes.
What about this article guys:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_6/ ... minase.htm
I'm not sure if it is good website. However arguments sound reasonable.
A bit long but worth reading even if it's wrong .

Regards.

[Viktor Jarikov]

Are we talking about the Ogre catfish, the famous Asterophysus batrachus, or some kind of ompok, which are also sometimes called gulper catfish?

[Richard B]

Are we talking about the Ogre catfish, the famous Asterophysus batrachus, or some kind of ompok, which are also sometimes called gulper catfish?

Good question - i'm assuming that everyone is on about Asterophysus

[arapaimag]

Yeah, with Mackerel you'll probably find it leads to water quality issues in the short term and possibly health issues in the long term.

I have not had any problems feeding mackeral for many years (also other food fish like herring, salmon, whitefish and smelt).

I was interested in your experience with the water quality issue.

and the health issues you have experienced with the fish you fed the the mackerel to.

also how often do you feed mackerel to your fish?

[I Prefer Dogs]

What about Coley?

[MatsP]

Sure, Coley is fine fish in the same way as any other white fish from marine environment - and in the past it's been a good budget fish.

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Mats