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I have 2 of these, bought from Pier Aquatics in Wigan about a week ago

they seem to be doing ok but im worried about their eating habits

being nocturnal/scared of the light they hide away all day, not even coming out for a feed, so ive started to feed frozen food cubes just after lights out but they both dont always come out

are their any tablets that might be suitable as they are not your normal bottom feeding catfish, though they do rest on the bottom most of the time, their mouths are not underneath, and they swim at all levels in the tank when they come out of hiding

I found the 20 Tatia prugiae liked the foods: frozen bloodworms. freeze dried bloodworms and live blackworms. In the group setting they would feed anytime but when I set up a trio for spawning thet were never out.

brun wrote:I have 2 of these, bought about a week ago

It has little to do with feeding matters, for they eat almost anything.
Give them some more time to settle and don't worry. Go on with night feeding for some time - just to be sure - and after a few weeks you'll see things sort themselves out.

do you think they will start to come out and feed during the day after a while ?

i have bought some frozen bloodworm today

brun wrote:do you think they will start to come out and feed during the day after a while ?

I'm pretty sure about that. Not in broad daylight, however. But when the room is somewhat darker they will surely turn up. Give 'em some time and you'll see.

im hopfully going to get some more bogwood in the tank tomorrow, give them more hiding places, at the moment they hide near my filter which bugs me as i cant see them lol

i have bogwood in already but i think they would like more