I have had an Gymnallabes typus for probably a couple months now. I have never actually seen this guy eat.. I've tried frozen shrimp and bloodworms, pellets, live ghost shrimp and a live baby livebearer. He doesn't touch the baby livebearer, and as far as I know, only two shrimp have disappeared.
Does anyone have experience with these guys? Is this a normal feeding routine? it doesn't LOOK skinny, and it does move around.. I have it in a quarantine still because I want to make sure it eats first before adding it to my main tank.. Nothing else with him but an Otocinclus flexalis..
Eel tailed catfish - food?
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The one I had would eat bloodworms and carnivore pellets with gusto.
That said, they usually enter the trade in not so good a shape. I've seen many that refuse to eat and eventually starve to death. The ones I had also contracted a weird parasitic disease (that did not spread to tankmates) on two separate occasions that made them lose their appetites and die.
That said, they usually enter the trade in not so good a shape. I've seen many that refuse to eat and eventually starve to death. The ones I had also contracted a weird parasitic disease (that did not spread to tankmates) on two separate occasions that made them lose their appetites and die.
