Beat live feeder fish or shrimp?
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Hands down guppies, they are easy to breed, low in fat (unlike goldfish), and cheap to get, just make sure the fry don't get eaten by the parents, shrimp are a bit tougher, cherry shrimp breed very readily but are VERY sensitive to water changes, I'd recommend crickets in place of them if you can
I would recommend NLS and forget any live feeders no chance of disease with NLS Nls is also better than any live feeders
Most cichlids prefer insects over fish, so get some sand as substrate and raise triops, after 21/2 weeks drain all the water and toss all adult triops into cichlid tank, keep tank dry for a week then add water and start the process again, after a while you may need to set up extra containers as your triops population increases
Sorry about the quote...
Anyways my plan was to get some feeder fish and keep them quarantined in a 10 gallon while in the meantime they breed and would be fed a suitable diet, I would then let the fry grow and reproduce and use certain fry as feeders for the Cichlids and then when they grow and mature I would cull out some as feeders for the Oscar.
I hope that makes sense lol
Anyways my plan was to get some feeder fish and keep them quarantined in a 10 gallon while in the meantime they breed and would be fed a suitable diet, I would then let the fry grow and reproduce and use certain fry as feeders for the Cichlids and then when they grow and mature I would cull out some as feeders for the Oscar.
I hope that makes sense lol
new life spectrum is really good, but some fish won't eat pellets and maybe he just wants to see his fish eat live food (if you're into that)
They eat insects,not pellets in the wild
All I am trying to do is provide my fish with a steady good diet not to mention I'd be saving money.
Before my yard got wrecked I maintained an organic compost and a colony of earth worms. Free, unlimited, and healthy fishfood.