I just got my African Featherfin last Sunday. By the advice of the PetSmart I've been feeding him flakes and bloodworms. They didn't specify the amount, but after reading I decided it would be appropriate to feed him a small amount of flakes in the morning, and a capsule of bloodworms at night. It's been working out until this evening...
Usually the bloodworms (which are frozen) float in a chunk and slowly fall down one by one to the gravel, where my bottomfeeder eats them. Tonight, I turned around for one second and when I looked again there's not a bloodworm in sight and my catfish has a large, bulging belly.
I don't remember it looking like that this morning, so my concern is... did he eat the whole darn chunk at once? Swallow it whole? Is this harmful??
It can't be great for the digestive system, and its got to be darn cold in his belly... The can of flakes suggested giving bloodworms as a "healthy treat" and now I'm horrified that I might kill my fish!
It would be my fault for not reading the packaging until now!
I suppose I will have to wait and see what happens, but my question is to those of you who feed your fish bloodworms... do you feed them as a meal or offer them occasionally as treats?
Usually the bloodworms (which are frozen) float in a chunk and slowly fall down one by one to the gravel, where my bottomfeeder eats them. Tonight, I turned around for one second and when I looked again there's not a bloodworm in sight and my catfish has a large, bulging belly.
I don't remember it looking like that this morning, so my concern is... did he eat the whole darn chunk at once? Swallow it whole? Is this harmful??
It can't be great for the digestive system, and its got to be darn cold in his belly... The can of flakes suggested giving bloodworms as a "healthy treat" and now I'm horrified that I might kill my fish!
It would be my fault for not reading the packaging until now!
I suppose I will have to wait and see what happens, but my question is to those of you who feed your fish bloodworms... do you feed them as a meal or offer them occasionally as treats?