What Do Baby Catfish Eat?

Many catfish like to eat raw or fried meat such as raw beef, hot dogs, small insects and brine shrimp. Make sure though that when you do feed your baby catfish, you are torn all meat up into really tiny pieces otherwise they might not be able to eat them or they might even choke.

Adult catfish will not get full off eating brine shrimp so this is only recommended for babies. If you do feed brine shrimp to adult catfish then make sure that you give them something else so that they are satisfied. You can buy cubed brine shrimp from the majority of pet stores. They can also live off pond algae but a diet based just on algae is not recommended. A variety of foods is best.

Catfish also love to eat chunks of white bread and wholemeal bread. However, if you do feed them bread, make sure that it is torn up into small bits for babies, and slightly larger for the adults.

Remember that catfish are ground feeders, you can tell this from the way they always tend to swim along the bottom of the tank or pond, so don’t give them any food that floats because they won’t reach it.

It is also essential that you do not overfeed your catfish, especially when you first get them and are enthusiastic about raising them because overfeeding will kill them.

If you want to find out more information on what baby catfish like to eat, then visit your local pet store. The owner might be able to give you some information or there might be a book there that you can buy and read through.

All catfish are different so it is important to try new foods with it and see which ones that they prefer. Some like to eat hot dogs whereas others prefer brine shrimp.

Many like to eat raw or fried meat. Mainly raw beef, fried hot dogs, insects, soft newborn leaves, brine shrimp. Only feed brine shrimp to babies, because adult catfish will not full off of brine shrimp. They also love little slices of white or wheat bread. Small small pits for babies, but bigger slices for adults. They also can just live in algae pond water and live off of that for about 5 days. DO NOT OVER FEED YOU'RE CATFISH, BIG OR SMALL!!! They will die if fed to much. I advice you to feed them only around 1 time a day or every 2 days. This is sorta off subject, but it's smartest to just raise 1-3 at a time!

My baby catfish eat lunch meat like ham and turkey it works well trie it

I have about 25 to 30 baby catfish in a 10 gallon aquarium. I feed them once a day, because you can over feed them. They eat grounded up bread crumbs, cubed frozen brine which you can buy at your local pet store, any kind of chicken liver, and algae.

I caught 4 baby catfish and I have been feeding them little bread crumbs they will eat almost anything

I had a baby catfish about 2 - 3 inches long. I no longer have it because I gave it too much food. Its a shame I hadn't done some research sooner. I fed it dried bloodworms n baby shrimp. I sure do miss the lil guy =(

I'm 10 years old and I caught 6 baby catfish .I feed it very small cut up worms

Try woms and the bigger the catfish the bigger the worms but cut the up so they're not too long to swallow

If you buy them at a pet store they eat pellets of shrimp

Any thing that is green even peas

Though cat fish are omnivorous but I think and according to my experience they are primarily algae eater fish .    

Baby catfish love to eat fried hot dogs I'm only twelve years old and I caught five baby catfish off of fried hot dogs.

Baby Catfish Eat the bottom of plants, small leaves,and very small bugs that are present in the sand. They eat food that are present on the ground under the water so try not to give them food that floats. Yes you can give then fish food that is easily available in  the market.

My catfish eats fish food and algae.

A baby cat fish likes to eat small insects and soft newly born leaves and the stems of the plants.

I was at the river with my friend and caught a baby flathead/yellow catfish and it wont eat anything what should I do?

Baby cat fish eat cut up worms

My baby cat fish have been eating cubed blood worms

I raised some baby catfish for like two years.I fed them cubed brine from the pet store.They loved that stuff.I had like 7 in a twenty gallon tank.I took them back to the river I caught them in because I was getting different fish for the tank.They reminded me of piranha the way they attacked the cubed brine.

The eat pellets

I just caught 2 new born baby catfishes and I don't know what to feed it
so I was hopping someone would help me

My baby catfish ate flake food when he got 1 1/2 cm. Just crush it up in your fingers and feed once a day.

I just caught 3 baby catfish and I don't knowif they can live with other fish

Did you ever hear of you are what you eat? Well same gose with you taste like what you eat. One thing I do is I feel my few catfish baccon. Ummm baccon, but not to much they have arteries and a heart too. So I feed it small fish plus cheap, but not too cheap of meats. And all of the stuff I feed myself & my fish comes from the local farms in my area because legally the epa states that heavy metels and other toxins that can't be removed from a body can be in that food sold in US stores. These foods are found in supermarket foods and when you eat it you get all of those toxins. That can't be removed from your body. Feed you animals weel and you may reep the rerwards with baccon. Ummm

My baby catfish eats tiny leaves, tiny bugs, and catfish pellets. They r ground eaters so no floating pellets!

Cut up pieces of hot dog