What should I feed my juvenile starlight

ikan · Post by **ikan** » 12 May 2003, 02:32

I have some juveniles starlight catfish, they are about 8 weeks old. I house them in 140 liters tanks with plants and strong light. The plants are placed in ceramic pots for easy cleaning. The filtration is with Eheim canister 2213 600 ltrs/hours. The temperature is 26 Celcius.
I feed them with Hikary sinking wafer, JBL pleco wafer and occasionally tetra tabimin and blood worms. The growth seems to be slow and they are not to eager going for the food. Am I missing something with their diet requirements. Can anybody suggest what I should feed them with? The first few weeks I only feed them with tetra tabimin.
Also I noticed with the first batch not all of them are normal straight shape, I am not sure what caused this. The second batch look much better.

Plec0maniac · Post by **Plec0maniac** » 12 May 2003, 12:44

hi feeding them those types of food is fine adn It is great for the diet of the fish.. Try feeding it with zuchinni, squash, shrimps, bloodworms, etc.

Bilby junior · Post by **Bilby junior** » 12 May 2003, 14:38

Hello Ikan,
I feed mine with Pumpkin, Celery and zuchinni. Try just about any fresh vegetables available, which should have heaps of nutrients and all the goodies that they need.

Regards,
B.J.

ikan · Post by **ikan** » 15 May 2003, 02:57

I think I'll start feeding them vegetables maybe they need more food variety.
Thanks guys