clarissasjh
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hI guys! I need advice on how to feed ALL my fishes!!
I own a marble walking catfish, spotted raphael catfish and a black ghost knifefish in my 55 gallon tank. They are all around 8-9cm so there's plenty of space for them now
I used to be able to selectively feed them using a tweezer in a much smaller tank before I relocated them to my 55g. But now I can't seem to feed all of them given their super different personalities.
The marbled walking catfish is super active even in the day. Whenever I drop food into the tank like bloodworms or pellets, it'll be the first to swim all around the tank to locate the food. And most of the time successfully find it before any other fishes can get to it..
The spotted raphael catfish is basically missing most of the time hiding under driftwood or at some corner I can't see. You'd probably not realise that the spotted raphael even exists in the tank unless you walk past the tank in the middle of the night and see it out of hiding, sometimes just laying still on the sand. And I've observed it only comes out when lights are totally out and swim around slowly to try to look for food. If there's even a faint beam of light somewhere it will quickly go back into its hiding spot.
The bgk is somewhere in the middle, sometimes hiding for afew good hours in the plants and sometimes it will just float around slowly hoping to find food.
So now I have a problem feeding my fishes because even though they're mostly nocturnal it doesn't matter if I feed them in the day/night, the walking catfish will just swim around and gobble up whatever food there is. If the bgk gets lucky then it might be able to find some bloodworms before the catfish gets to it. The spotted raphael basically loses out every single time because it seems like it's sleeping/hiding 90% of the time ever since I got it from the lfs.
I need some advice on how to make sure they all get food because all I'm seeing is the walking catfish with a huge stomach and the rest are all in hiding/too slow whenever I place food into the tank. Should I buy those long tweezers mainly used for planted tanks to feed my fishes selectively? Or is there another way? Please help!!
Here's a picture of my set up!

I own a marble walking catfish, spotted raphael catfish and a black ghost knifefish in my 55 gallon tank. They are all around 8-9cm so there's plenty of space for them now
I used to be able to selectively feed them using a tweezer in a much smaller tank before I relocated them to my 55g. But now I can't seem to feed all of them given their super different personalities.
The marbled walking catfish is super active even in the day. Whenever I drop food into the tank like bloodworms or pellets, it'll be the first to swim all around the tank to locate the food. And most of the time successfully find it before any other fishes can get to it..
The spotted raphael catfish is basically missing most of the time hiding under driftwood or at some corner I can't see. You'd probably not realise that the spotted raphael even exists in the tank unless you walk past the tank in the middle of the night and see it out of hiding, sometimes just laying still on the sand. And I've observed it only comes out when lights are totally out and swim around slowly to try to look for food. If there's even a faint beam of light somewhere it will quickly go back into its hiding spot.
The bgk is somewhere in the middle, sometimes hiding for afew good hours in the plants and sometimes it will just float around slowly hoping to find food.
So now I have a problem feeding my fishes because even though they're mostly nocturnal it doesn't matter if I feed them in the day/night, the walking catfish will just swim around and gobble up whatever food there is. If the bgk gets lucky then it might be able to find some bloodworms before the catfish gets to it. The spotted raphael basically loses out every single time because it seems like it's sleeping/hiding 90% of the time ever since I got it from the lfs.
I need some advice on how to make sure they all get food because all I'm seeing is the walking catfish with a huge stomach and the rest are all in hiding/too slow whenever I place food into the tank. Should I buy those long tweezers mainly used for planted tanks to feed my fishes selectively? Or is there another way? Please help!!
Here's a picture of my set up!
