Beef Heart for Cichla
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Fresh water fish, be they Cichla or any other cichlid, have not evolved to eat beef.
It has a type of fat that is not well processed by fishes digestive system, and in the end can damage their liver.
Recent studies have shown this, and even the die hard discus breeders who once championed beef heart, are starting to realize the problems it can cause.
There is another thread where RD has posted the studies.
It has a type of fat that is not well processed by fishes digestive system, and in the end can damage their liver.
Recent studies have shown this, and even the die hard discus breeders who once championed beef heart, are starting to realize the problems it can cause.
There is another thread where RD has posted the studies.
Here's the thread Duanes is talking about. In short, the resolution was that it may make your fish grow faster/have better color, but that hornworms, crickets, prawns, earthworms, blackworms, etc. do a better job of it, and in the long run, feeding BH can halve your fish's life expectancy.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/breeding-feeders-for-dovii.692828/
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/breeding-feeders-for-dovii.692828/
Just to add, BH has absolutely nothing to do with improving color in a fish. Someone needs to brush up on their reading comprehension skills.
Good luck with your bass.
Good luck with your bass.
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Years ago I used to read quite a bit of some breeders feeding it to their discus.It seemed to be quite popular in some circles but I wondered back then what prompted them to use it in the first place.
It was popular at one time because in the day all we had available , was tetra flake foods to choose from . So we were always looking for high protein , low fat , low cost easily accessible foods in the Midwest to boost growth and get fish into breeding condition. plus like all fads a breeder has success so everybody jumps on the bandwagon.. now there are better choices available.
I totally agree beefheart is not a good food source for any kinda fish, I used to feed it my discus, it fouls the water and plugs the fish digestive track. I currently have 15 red Turk discus that are very big.the only food they have ever eaten is tetra colour bits and flake foods, water changes is what grows the out fast.
