Hey, i got a couple asian cat's and i need some help on care

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Paladindjinn
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Hey, i got a couple asian cat's and i need some help on care

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Well i recently upgraded my 14 gallon kiddy aquarium to a 46 gallon oceanic bowfront. Mainly because i had 2 Iridescent sharks one about 11 inches and the other 9, along with a 10 inch chocolate Pleco, stuffed into a 14 gallon.

I Was wondering on what i should be feeding them and what 2 look out for, and what else i could populate the tank with.

I know alot of people say you need a huge tank for fish my size, but they seem to be doing better, the blisters on their lips have gone away, their calmer so on.

In the past 24 hours i have added 2 2 inch Pictus cat's, and 2 3 inch Bala sharks.

They seem to be doing ok, the pictus and the bala's seem to not mind eachother but they stay away from the iridescents. Also the bala's seem to like to hide neer the heater and the pictus hide in the far left corner. i suppose that could just be them adjusting to the new tank but i was wondering if their scared of the Monsterous Iridescents.

So i was just wondering, what should be be feeding them, and what else could i populate the tank with to make it seem more lively.
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They'll eat anything, although the CoTM article says they prefer vegetable-based food.
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Post by Paladindjinn »

Yea read through that somewhat helpful, but i was looking for owner based experiance so on.

Also any idea on what other fish i could put in the tank, it's basicly open water cause the iridescents spaz to much 2 put anything they could cut them selves on in it.
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