My angels went from dime size to breeders in about 7 months. I feed them 3 times a day. A mixture of Omega one veggie flakes, Omega one Color flakes, Hikari cichlid staple pellets, Hikari Cichlid gold pellets, Hikari frozen blood worms, brine shrimp,mysis shrimp, and daphnia. I try to mix it up a bit not giveing them the same thing two days in a row. Every once in a while I'll give them live brine shrimp, Convict fry, or feeder guppies. All of which I raise by myself to keep the chances of introducing something into the tank. I also just started using cyclop-eeze and they seem to love it. I used to give them blackworms until I got a bad batch and lost a 6 angels and 6 discus. That's the main reason the only live food they get I breed.