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eclipsecatfish · Post by **eclipsecatfish** » 06 Feb 2005, 03:52

I got a Shovelnose @ animal ark today but he wont eat nothing. I put feeders in the tank but they swim by his face. I think they just fed him before I got him or he's retarded.

Ed_R · Post by **Ed_R** » 06 Feb 2005, 04:53

They like to eat at night. You'll probably find some missing feeders tomorrow morning.

PlecoCrazy · Post by **PlecoCrazy** » 06 Feb 2005, 05:49

I agree.

Also, its not unusual for any fish to be stressed and not eat the first day or possibly more.

Fish aren't the retarded one's, its usually us that are doing something wrong.

LimaShovel · Post by **LimaShovel** » 06 Feb 2005, 16:39

Cody when i bought mine it took him like 3 days before he started to eat feeders.The guy working at Animal ark feed them algae disk. They ate them good.They dont feed them feeder fish there so try feeding him algae disks.

By the Way My tiger ate my adult albino corycat a week ago before i gave him away

Post by **medaka** » 07 Feb 2005, 00:24

question

to lima shovel

By the Way My tiger ate my adult albino corycat a week ago before i gave him away

why?? did you purchase such a fish and house it in a aquarium containing, corydoras.. why !~!
you would do this....
feeding preditory fish with so called feeder fish maybe acceptable when first aquiring these fish
but to introduce it into a tank containing non so-called feeder fish ..i dont comprehend .

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LimaShovel · Post by **LimaShovel** » 07 Feb 2005, 01:17

He never got eaten by a red tail cat 14inch or my 12inch tiger til a week ago and someone told me it will rarley ate its own kind.

eclipsecatfish · Post by **eclipsecatfish** » 07 Feb 2005, 02:03

never mined, he ate 6 feeders today so I guess he is not retarded.

LimaShovel · Post by **LimaShovel** » 08 Feb 2005, 00:30

Thats cool. by the way did you try to feed him algae pellets

eclipsecatfish · Post by **eclipsecatfish** » 08 Feb 2005, 01:48

Yeah, before I whent to school,but when I got back it was still there all mushy.

LimaShovel · Post by **LimaShovel** » 08 Feb 2005, 21:31

Dont leave any of the left over food it makes waste.

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 11 Feb 2005, 22:59

someone told me it will rarley ate its own kind

a corydoras is not the "same kind" as a TSN or RTC.

they may be catfish, but that doesn't stop a fish eating predator from eating anything that'll fit in it's mouth.

i also don't think they should be encouraged to eat algae wafers.

try frozen fish, worms and shrimp.