Featherfin Feeding

[aimee]

Hi!
I just got two tiny feather fin catfish yesterday and I was hoping someone could give me some advice on feeding them - what to feed, how often etc. They are both about 1 inch. I have a small gold nugget pleco in the tank too - he's about 2 inches.
Will the synos eat the vegetables I give my pleco? I have a bit of trouble feeding algae wafers as my other fish (particularly one gourami) are quite greedy and eat them first - I do put them in occasionally hoping that the pleco will eat them but as yet I have never seen him eat wafers. So i'm not sure about feeding the synos on wafers either.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks for your help!
aimee.

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

My guys (whom are all enormous beasties now) are fed on catfish pellets (they prefer the JMC make but I suspect any will do), algae wafers, occasional bloodworm and anything that catches their fancy. I've seen them eat flake food before now. Since mine live with the Malawis there's a fair variety of food going in there.
P.

 

[fishfishfish]

mine eats regular flake,sinking cichlid crumbles,and will some times nibble a freeze dried krill.he wont touch any brine shrimp though.hes weird.

 

[aimee]

thankyou guys for your advice.
i will try catfish pellets. i managed to get them eating algae wafers yesterday for the first time which is good but i still have this problematic gourami who tries to eat them all himself. i think feeding frozen and live foods sometimes might be an answer too as then i can feed all my fish on them and maybe there will be less of a fight over it! (i have already been feeding my other fish live food but only occasionally)
i guess i will need to do some experimentation. thanks again.
aimee