Chaca Chaca vs Goldfish

The vid is of a chaca chaca catfish (found naturally in the waterways of Kerala, India) eating a goldfish, as you can see he is fat and already ate a few. Usually he hunts by burying himself under the sand and popping out of it while engulfing his prey, but when he gets fat he gets lazy and just sits on top of the sand waiting for prey. Sorry for the American Idol in the background, family was watching it haha.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• MFK
• monsterfishkeepers
• chaca
• catfish

[jasonest1988]

if you want him to eat well your better off using shrimp, that was just lucky that the fish was so close, much better strike rate with shrimp. and its fun watching it suck the shrimp in!

[wonword04]

Actually, everytime I put feeders in the tank, he eats multiple feeders. Goldfish are way cheaper then live shrimp where I am located. I also fed him earthworms. He would not touch market shrimp though, and thats what I prefer

[VincenzoIanni1982]

Hi, the price of chaca chaca? Tish fish attack the other fishes? Thanks. Ciao. Vincenzo.

[jasonest1988]

and also how long have you had him for, he looks like a beats, ive had mine for 4 or 5 months doesnt seem to have grown very much

[jasonest1988]

hum interesting, mine like feeder shrimp which are only like 10p. i spose the reason he doesnt reallyget anything is because i also have and african pike, pike cichlid, rocket gar and a boulengerella maculata, so once they have had a go there isnt really much left

[ssm80taurus]

Very interesting fish, but very hard to keep, requires a lot of attention.

[djm5222]

I might be getting one of these tomorrow... I looked online and they said they got one a day ago... I'm hoping not many people like these fish...

[Mikilane]

How long have you had your chaca? I recently got mine and quite frankly I'm trying to get him to eat. what did you start to feed yours or did you just start feeding him goldfish?