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From:canada
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posted 03-18-2004 07:53 PM         

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hi i just bought a salt and pepper catfish i was wonerin what food they eat other then like scraps at the bottom (Can i give him algae wafers) or like what else like just give me some stuff to work with cause rite now i have like 7 little feeder fish in a 30 gal. and ill try to over feed them so some go's to the bottom so he gets it but they are little pigs and eat it all up.....AND if i give him a sinking wafer thing for catfish and loachs and that will it hurt the gold fish if they eat it...

please help me out a bit thanks for ur time..

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posted 03-19-2004 06:56 AM         

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The sinking algea wafer will not hurt the goldfish feeders. Goldfish do better in ponds and one of the things they like to eat is algea.

Are you going to keep the feeder goldfish, or are they going to be fed to something?

If you keep the goldfish, they will need a bigger tank or a pond in the long run.

Take care and good luck!

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From:Marysville, CA
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posted 03-19-2004 11:57 AM         

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I've always given my catfish (pictus, cories, etc.) algae wafers to eat. The rest of the fish love to eat them too and they've never been affected by them. I've actually read things that say that the wafers are part of a balanced diet for most tropical fish.

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posted 03-19-2004 01:57 PM         

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hooben

iam just using the feeders for awhile just to kinda speed up my cycle and there only a inch not even and i have a 30 gal so i dont think it matters rite now but yeah thanks for the info everyone about the catfish !!!

Is there any other foods to feed them??

i have like 30 sinking wafer things rite now but iam just wonder i know they eat gold fish food that makes its way to the bottom
but anything else and thanks everyone

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