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	Feather-Fin Catfish, to much to eat???
highspirited Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Aug-2004	Hi, We recently got a feather fin catfish to add to our tank. It is a 50 gallon with only one full size oscar. They get along quite well. My question is his stomach seems pretty big. Could this be from over-eating? I got him the sinking pelets, how many should he get? Oh yea he is about 6-7 inches long.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	I don't like to admit it, but I don't even feed my featherfin syno---he just gets the scraps left over from my other fish, along with an occasional bloodworm treat. If you believe overfeeding is to blame, I'd cut off the food supply for about a day, and If his gut shrinks back to normal, I'd bet money that hes getting too much to eat.The simple solution is to just cut back on the amoun of food you put into the tank---or don't do anything about it. After all, overfeeding, unless taken to extremes should not harm the fish. Just make sure your nitrates are stable.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Perky Mega Fish Posts: 1064 Kudos: 1036 Votes: 162 Registered: 24-Nov-2003	Featherfins do get pretty large stomachs and they will eat abnd eat til they are fatter. I would feed him a bit less often, say once every 3 days and see how it goes. Also during the time you don`t feed him it will be eating any leftovers from the Oscar (which will be quite a bit as they are very messy and leave quite a bit of food) so it won`t eat too little if your worried bout that
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04


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