Newbie at Planet, but desperate for food answers to cats

[TDMG82]

Hi all, sorry im not really coming in to just say hi and introduce myself, but i didnt know where else to post this question, as well i discovered this great site just a few weeks ago, and with the semester just ending i haven't had the time to register until now. Well to cut to the chase my question is about eatin habits among other things. To start off i have identified all but one of my catfish. My tank includes 1 Hora Brachysoma(suncat), 1 Hypostomus Punctutus(Common Pleco), 1 Arius Seemani (Shark Cat), 2 Brochis Splendens(emeralds), and 1 Four Line Catfish, i could not find the scientific name on this fish, and thats the common name the store gave me. All fish are in infancy right now. From what i was told from various fish stores, pet shops, and other fish enthusiasts, all said that all these fish would eat the little sinking carnivore pellets, sinking algae waffers, this freeze dried krill stuff, and your common fish flakes. the only ones i see eating ever are the shark cat and the two emeralds. the four line used to scarf down these pellets whole, but now he kinda just hides, almost looking like he is in stalking mode. The sun cat i have never witnessed eating, he always just hides under the big rocks, or in the plants, looking almost like the four line, and stalks the other fish, sees one swim y darts up to it, sees its too big to eat, then very swiftly swims to the next hiding spot, he continues this trend throughout the night and day. Now the pleco is a unique story in that he came from another fish tank where he was with 2 balloon fish and a zebra fish. When i would feed the other fish flakes, he would always come up with them swim upside down to fill his mouth with food, and then retreat back down to suck on the tank. All he does now is maybe once in a blue moon he will come up for a split second to try to grab a flake, but more often then not fails. He spends most of his time in a upside down(almost appearing dead) in one of the tunnels. Hes lost alot of color now appearing brown instead of his prior black appearence. It almost seems as if hes intimidated by the other fish, even though he is the biggest of the bunch at aprox. 1 1/2". The last note is that of the suncat again. The suncat is constantly rubbing himself against the other fish. Is the a territory thing or a dominance sort of thing? It seems to kind of intimidate the other fish, all except the four line cat which gets mad at him and chases him off. Well i guess thats all, to sum things up. What would you recommend i do about the pleco? What kind of foods will all the fish eat? Is it too early still for feeder fish? Thank you vey much for your time if you really read all this, your input is much appreciated, because im gettin desperate
Sincerely,
Matt

[Jools]

Wow, that's a big paragraph! Those are mostly pretty hardy fish (I would worry about the Arius mind you), you really need to tell us what size of tank before we can help more.

Jools