3 inch Green Terror - colour/food etc...
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Tigerfish908;2024175; said:Algae wafers?? I never heard of anyone feeding cichlids this type of food??
i used to put them in for my plec but my GT grabbed one and ran off with it then cleaned up the rest, all my fish ate them. a P. Loisellei, FM, O, Gold Sev, Con, Uaru, Blue Acara and a GT.
i found out by mistake but it really coloured them up and they loved them so who am i to argue.
Same here with the GT eating the wafers. I have 2 cory cats and I had to put 4 in the tnak at feeding. 2 for the cories and 1 for the GT and Acara. The GT loves it so why stop feeding them in plus their Hikari.
ok cool. last night i only put in krill and bloodworm, and he has eaten it. which is good (although it took hours for him to pick it of the substrate)
I need some more Hikari so will try him on that. He did used to be in a busy cichlid community for a while, so i guess got out-competed for the food... maybe now he's on his own he will take the pellets again.
Thank you for all the advice. No more frozen fish for him!
in my defence, they are flash frozen for freshness and to kill diseases... and are from a reputable food company (whose name eludes me at the moment)
I need some more Hikari so will try him on that. He did used to be in a busy cichlid community for a while, so i guess got out-competed for the food... maybe now he's on his own he will take the pellets again.
Thank you for all the advice. No more frozen fish for him!
in my defence, they are flash frozen for freshness and to kill diseases... and are from a reputable food company (whose name eludes me at the moment)
Flash Frozen is probably ok for a treat if he really like them, you don't have to stop no one is saying to. We just don't want you to feed live feeders and take a chance of the guy getting sick.. Got any pictures??????
Just vary the diet as mentioned previously. Any good cichlid pellet such as Hikari, NLS, Kens, HBH, etc. Make sure they are vitamin fortified. For more variation, shrimp pellets, krill, raw shrimp, algae wafers etc. Some cichlids will eat algae wafers when they're's hungry enough. With the pellets, try using some containing spirulina and astaxanthan.
As for the band thinning out, sometimes it's just genetics and nothing you can do.
As for the band thinning out, sometimes it's just genetics and nothing you can do.
just to update
ive got my guy off of frozen feeders and onto thwaed krill, pacifica shrimp and bloodworm
Still wont touch Hikari.
His colours is now immense, and hes a real glass banger now. i only need to go near the tank before he goes aggro!
The golden tail endging is superb. I honestly thinks hes the best 3.5" GT ive seen, not being biased!!
Thanks for the advice
ive got my guy off of frozen feeders and onto thwaed krill, pacifica shrimp and bloodworm
Still wont touch Hikari.
His colours is now immense, and hes a real glass banger now. i only need to go near the tank before he goes aggro!
The golden tail endging is superb. I honestly thinks hes the best 3.5" GT ive seen, not being biased!!
Thanks for the advice
theyre all on my phone, and i cant connect it as the only web access i have is here at work!!! ive been trying for hours to send pics via email, but damn phone/orange is soooo complicated!!!!
anyone have a pics phone that i could send pics to that they could them upload onto PC??
anyone have a pics phone that i could send pics to that they could them upload onto PC??
