New Bristlenose Catfish.

[jjaayyddeenn]

hey just brought 2 little bristlenose catfish and i dont know what to feed them?

 

[notechistiger]

Why on earth would you buy them then? =/

 

[cadwallader]

they should be able to sustain them selves on algae and left over from the fish/turtles etc... what are they in with and do you have live plants... if there are no live plants you can drop in a algae tablet (from pet shop) once a week and they will be fine

 

[Twitch_80]

Soak nori in water for a few min and put it in, sinking catfish pellets, or my fav a bit of zucchini (can use quite a few vegies, just look it up) mostly peeled and just wedge it under a stick or something on the bottom, they love it. What sort of bristlenose?

 

[BrianC]

They also enjoy cucumber slices. They'll eat most pelleted foods.
And by bristlenose catfish, I assume you mean Bristlenose plecostomus, correct?

 

[gex13]

get sinking algae pellets or zuchinni but zuchinni can be messy so ive only used algae pellets when i had mine

 

[Twitch_80]

You find zucchini messy? Ive never had a problem but other things in the tank as well.

 

[gex13]

when i me and my dad bred them we used to have set up with heaps of different bristlenose on there own no other fish and i foound it got stringy and went everywhere but makes peppermint bristlenose look REALLY nice

 

[Twitch_80]

Ah yeah I get you, the other fish get to it before it does that. My pbn love it, so do the turtles but they eat everything they can fit in their mouth.

 

[gex13]

haha true have you ever tried breeding them? the best looking bristlenose ive seen is the albino longfins there really nice

 

[Snakeluvver2]

Lol, mine eat lizard poo haha

 

[Twitch_80]

I was thinking about getting a little pipe to see if they breed but I dont mind either way, I have enough fish tanks and fish lol. Im hoping the oscars dont breed bahahaha.

 

[gex13]

yer i hate it when things breed you didnt want to just like snails in fishtanks

 

[gillsy]

They also enjoy cucumber slices. They'll eat most pelleted foods.
And by bristlenose catfish, I assume you mean Bristlenose plecostomus, correct?

Bristlenose are different to plecos.

Make sure you also have wood in the enclosure as they like to eat the wood occassionally.

 

[Daryl_H]

small children!

 

[junglelover01]

algae wafers, you can buy a small pack for around $5 from pet shops. just break one in half and drop it in one or 2 times a day

 

[mad_at_arms]

small children!

well played sir

 

[gillsy]

Zucchini and nori is better than the wafers.

 

[Just_Plain_Nuts]

They also enjoy cucumber slices. They'll eat most pelleted foods.
And by bristlenose catfish, I assume you mean Bristlenose plecostomus, correct?

I'm assuming if he doesnt know what they eat he would be unlikely to know their scientific name....

 

[Twitch_80]

lol