What is the best food to feed my jag, midas, escondido and argentea. I just got them and they are all about 5inches. Do I feed them frozen or is pellets better.
Best food for cichlids
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Try and put them on pellets right away.
Mine love, though it takes time for them to get used to it, Massivore.
Mine love, though it takes time for them to get used to it, Massivore.
if you want the best food, you may need to make it yourselves! mix shrimps, beef, vegetables, vitamins, etc and feed your fish that they could have good fresh food and enough nutrition they need !
I was actually gonna ask the same question.
Im gonna have both Cichlids and Blood Parrots and would like to know the best thing to feed them.
Im going to be getting the fish tom and already have some Cichlid flakes, are they fine to use or should i get pellets instead???
Im gonna have both Cichlids and Blood Parrots and would like to know the best thing to feed them.
Im going to be getting the fish tom and already have some Cichlid flakes, are they fine to use or should i get pellets instead???
I think variety is the spice of life and your fish will agree. That being said if you need a breeding boost try feeding earthworms
I have hikari cichlid gold and NLS pellets. I also have frozen bloodworms and beefheart. I have not tried beefheart with them yet. Do they eat Krill. I also have some omega one pellets but them and the hikari are floating pellets and the fish are still kind of skittish and will not come to the top to get them.
Some kind of pellet is best for your staple, but I find frozen and live foods several times a week is key for growth and color development.
I make a mix of algae based flake, freeze dried bloodworms and cichlid gold that my fish get once a day....
The other feeding is either frozen foods or vegetables. Twice a month they get tiger barb fry.....
Variety is important....
I make a mix of algae based flake, freeze dried bloodworms and cichlid gold that my fish get once a day....
The other feeding is either frozen foods or vegetables. Twice a month they get tiger barb fry.....
Variety is important....
NLS, Hikari, and Omega One all have a pretty good pellet. If you need the convenience of feeding pellets, then I recommend getting them on those pretty reliably before adding other things for treats. You can use frozen blood worms, brine shrimp (w/spirulina would be great), mysis shrimp, and slices of fish fillets (Tilapia, Cod, Pollock to name a few.) I also use frozen scallops, krill, octopus. Vary their diet as much as possible and you will have very happy fishes. I go to Asian Markets for my fish needs, and find some very affordable prices on all the things listed above (other than the mysis, krill, bloodworms, brine shrimp since those are pet foods, and not used in the human food industry.)
I also make my own gel foods, to incorporate more vegetables into their diet. It's really easy, and you can freeze what you aren't using at the moment so it "keeps" for a long time.
I also make my own gel foods, to incorporate more vegetables into their diet. It's really easy, and you can freeze what you aren't using at the moment so it "keeps" for a long time.