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hi ive got a new 24" x 12" x 15" its up and running nicely, currently ive only got two pictus catfish, and one what i now believe to be a juvinle bristlenose catfish, and before anyone says that pictus grow to 10"... i know jst read some disturbing posts on them! only bought them cos i was under the impression they grew to 5"! think i'll be investing in a larger tank sooner than i thought!

anyway! this might be a silly question but i was wondering what live food i could feed them and is it really live food? I wanted to give them something to hunt if that makes sense?

I'm planning on having a school of lemon tetra's soon, i've heard the opinon that giving pictus live food might encourage them to eat the other fish, has anyone had any experience of keeping these two together on live food?

Thanks, all comments welcomed

Just feed em sinking wafers. They'll do fine on that, with freeze-dried plankton as a supplement, of course.