Feel free to add tank specs, and number of loaches as well. It can be difficult to know if I’m feeding well enough or too much when the little guys are so nocturnal. I do see certain ones often in the day but everybody gets busy at night.
I feed repashy gel and the Hikari protein weifers (orange bag) which is hands down the favorite it seems. I have at least 10 but that’s as accurate of a count as I’ve managed since losing a few to an assumed epistylis/bacterial infection. ~4 wafers spread in various favorite hangouts a day and everyone seems at a healthy weight.
I spelled “wafers” like “heifers” and can’t edit it out😩
i do a mix of wafer and pellet foods plus several repashy foods every week
This is pretty much what I’ve been feeding but the repashy gel smells so bad when making it🤣 I haven’t tried the algae wafers on them yet thought
theyre mostly carnivores but theyll pick off a bit of the algea wafers after the carnivore pellets are gone
Today they got nothing. I changed the tank water yesterday and like to do a fast day after that. They are usually very active while fasted. Then when food hits the water, they go crazy.
I feed various Hikari products, Omega One Shrimp pellets, fluval bug bites, Xtreme Aquatic Foods So-Fly Flake and Nano, Ocean Nutrition Community Flake, Aquarium Co-Op Magic Nano Feed, Sera O-Nip, frozen foods, and the occasional zucchini slice.
I have dozens of eel loaches in my 29 gallon tank, so feed more than I think I should, because there are always shy late comers that seem to show up when all the pellets are gone. I keep quite a few different Pangio species, some are quicker on the food than others and I don't want the shy species to go hungry. I think "how much" is a learning experience for the keeper. Feed a little, watch, feed a little more, watch, a little more, watch...until no one is foraging for pellets. Pangio aren't greedy feeders (in my experience) like Zebra Danios, for example, that will eat and eat and eat. When Pangio are full, they swim back to their burrows.
Good luck!
I’ve noticed that they are more active during fast days as well. I’ve been fasting them one day a week when it seems like they aren’t anticipating the food as much (including my rummy nose) and see much more interest and activity since. I plan on adding frozen brine shrimp to their diet but the pellets are my go to because I can see exactly who’s eating and how much is left whereas the flakes can float and get missed and are harder to see. Thanks for the feedback as always!
i have 8 banded kuhlis (unsure of species) and i generally feed them 1-2 algae wafers every day. my wafers are high protein and actually for freshwater rays/plecos so i was unsure if they would like it but they did. they do eat fluval tropical bug bites but the pellets are weird coz some sink and some never do
my tank had live daphnia moina which they demolished in a couple of days. other live food should also work though. i also managed to feed them blanched bell peppers which they did take to. so other blanched veggies might work but prolly feed em like once a week or so
I would love to buy the moina/daphnia eggs and feed my tank live food every now and then! I haven’t given it a go but will be doing so one of these days! I haven’t tried the blanched food either but will have to try it out.
they are omnivores, so try to give them good proteins and vegetations. wafers are good, some are definitely better than others. foods made of protein (like pellets or wafers) are great, but they will also really appreciate the occasional blanched veggies (zucchini, broccoli, other greens). frozen or live foods are good about once a month for a treat and protein boost (bloodworms, baby brine shrimp, etc.)
they are pretty opportunistic and will eat a lot of different things, I see mine snack on the algae in my tank too.
forgot to mention I have 7 black Kuhlis in my 32 gal, alongside 3 amanos and 7 mystery snails. they eat snello too!
I have some algae wafers but haven’t tested them out on the kuhlis yet, my tank is planted and has lots of litter, some detritus, and little copepods. They also will eat my bladder snails but don’t bother the trumpets as far as I can tell. I’d love to try some frozen brine shrimp or bloodworms one day soon. I’ve seen them grazing on algae as well, and will have to see what they think about some blanched zucchini! Im planning on adding some Neocaridina soon and can’t wait to have the little guys.
hopefully the fry will be able to survive. you can always try raising them in a breeder box if too many are getting picked off but like you said your tank is heavily planted and I see you have some botanicals as well.
I would recommend seed pod botanicals for hood hiding and grazing spots for fry!
I have coconut husk caves already and am always open to botanicals! I add alder cones(store bought), dried magnolia pods (no seeds), acorn tops, oak leaves,catappa leaves, almond leaves you name it already🤣.
I do want to add some moss to different parts of the wood and caves, some grass/something that will carpet more of the floor before adding the shrimps just to give them and the kuhlis more surface area and spots to do their thing. This tank is a 40B but I do have a 10gal planted as well I could put them in if the babies are getting eaten.
Enrichment is one of the things I enjoy most about the hobby but I tend to be an overdoer and have been keeping that in check😬
Thanks for the response!