heyandrea_ Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Need some advice on feeding BN catfish. How often should I be feeding them algae chips, courgettes etc? At the moment they seem happy munching away at the existing algae in the tank. Im going to buy a piece of bog wood at the pet shop this weekend, do I need to soak it first before putting in the tank? Will it sink straight away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 what i did with my BN was to let it eat all the algae in the tank first, then give it 1 or 2 chips every other day. The size of chips i use are about the size of my thumbnail. As for the wood it mostly sunk in just had to use a couple of weights as one end wanted to lift up, but after 1 week it was good. there was a little bit of water discoleration it cleared up in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 If you only have one or two then what I do is leave them to it, if you want them to grow big you'll need to keep them feed daily. Algae chips/wafers are great but what I find works better for me is courgette, put a slice on a fork, drop it in, change daily. They'll love you for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I feed mine a handful of pleco chips daily. But, I have 2 dozen of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have 2 and I just put 2 halfs in twice a day because all of my fish eat them and i put 2 slices of courgettes in every 2-3 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 If you only have one or two then what I do is leave them to it, if you want them to grow big you'll need to keep them feed daily. Algae chips/wafers are great but what I find works better for me is courgette, put a slice on a fork, drop it in, change daily. They'll love you for it Ahah! great idea, I've been getting sick of fishing out little weights all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I just pow water over it and put it in the microwave for a minute them drop in cold water and drop it in the tank and it sinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyandrea_ Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Thanks! I have only two, my tank is quite small so don't want to over crowd it! Do they eat the floating algae too? I have a little bit of that in my water as well, it's not as bad as it was, but the water still remains slightly green. I have an over confident goldfish who is always getting in the way of the BN and seems to enjoy algae wafers as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 heyandrea wrote: I have an over confident goldfish who is always getting in the way of the BN and seems to enjoy algae wafers as well I have ottos in with my goldies and I tried the wafers but I think the goldies were eating them! Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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