What type of New Life Spectrum should I get?
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rrcoolj ........ contact Bobby or Mike @ D&S Aquatics, they should be able to set you up with some 2mm Medium Fish formula.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?308-D-amp-S-Aquatics
The best type of NLS is the one that comfortably fits your fishes mouth.
If the fish spends too much time chewing, then simply dial down a size. Clockwork gave a pretty good rough guide as to matching pellet sizes to the size of a fish.
The Jumbo floating formula is easier for a fish to chew due to the honeycomb type voids in the pellet (which cause it to float) but I have yet to come across a cichlid that can't be trained to eat the various non floating pellets. Some just take a bit more effort than others. Once trained most fish will inhale whatever you toss in, like it's their last meal.
One word of caution - NLS is a very potent nutrient rich food, when switching a fish to NLS feed very sparingly for the first several days to allow the fishes digestive system to adjust to the new food, just as one would when changing a dogs diet.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?308-D-amp-S-Aquatics
The best type of NLS is the one that comfortably fits your fishes mouth.
If the fish spends too much time chewing, then simply dial down a size. Clockwork gave a pretty good rough guide as to matching pellet sizes to the size of a fish.
The Jumbo floating formula is easier for a fish to chew due to the honeycomb type voids in the pellet (which cause it to float) but I have yet to come across a cichlid that can't be trained to eat the various non floating pellets. Some just take a bit more effort than others. Once trained most fish will inhale whatever you toss in, like it's their last meal.
One word of caution - NLS is a very potent nutrient rich food, when switching a fish to NLS feed very sparingly for the first several days to allow the fishes digestive system to adjust to the new food, just as one would when changing a dogs diet.
Just a rough guide. I've got my cubans on 4.5mm floating right now actually. They seem to prefer eating from the surface, my 125 gallon stock don't go for it (although I could easily train them to).
Thanks RD. for the link
Mine seem impartial. They willingly eat from the surface and like sifting the sand for pellets aswell. Since the pellets sink quite a bit ends up on the sand, rockwork, etc. Even the silver dollars have no problem picking pellets off the sand. I cannot wait until my cubans are as big as yours.
I use Thera +A jumbo.
I cut up the pellets to make it easier (and less messy) to eat since neither of my fish are very big.
I cut up the pellets to make it easier (and less messy) to eat since neither of my fish are very big.
I think they're around 4-5 years old, so don't be impatient.
Oh lord I am so impatient when it comes to keeping fish lol. I just want my male to get to 8" and I will be happy. The cubans are the first species besides my mbuna I have kept for this long so I am not going to give up on them now. We will see how big they are after their first birthday.
