Best pellet for flowerhorn

[ol78hunter]

I’d do two feeding’s a day and at the end of the last feeding his stomach should have no more than a slight bulge. Observe and estimate the amount. You could fast one day the week if you wanted too also.

What does the fasting do for the fish?

 

[Ruturaj]

A mega amount of astaxanthin, not just a marketing tactic. My point was that with quality genetics, one shouldn't need to feed those kind of levels of astaxanthin for the color red to look good.

The cichlid below was fed regular NLS cichlid formula. Red enough?


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It can make a white flamingo pink so I do understand it's effect. I assume your point is, food will push red coloration further but a fish with red color in gentics should need that push.

I think I am soon getting a African cichlid tank.

 

[Ruturaj]

What does the fasting do for the fish?

Clear the digestive track and increase aggression.

 

[DeadFriends]

This is a great and informative thread. I have a bunch of cichlids, only one flowerhorn though. I give it Hikari cichlid gold and a few vibrabites. I’ve tried several foods, it seems to dig the Hikari pellets the most. Failures for it have been the Kens Sinking Growth Pellets, Kens Krill pellets, Fluval cichlid pellets and flakes. I’ve looked into some of the other foods mentioned in this thread and will definitely be trying some.

 

[HybridFinatic]

Clear the digestive track and increase aggression.

Yeah also don’t eat everyday in nature. So it’s healthy to rest there digestive system a day or two a week.

 

[RD.]

I never feed my fish on water change day.

 

[Ruturaj]

This is a great and informative thread. I have a bunch of cichlids, only one flowerhorn though. I give it Hikari cichlid gold and a few vibrabites. I’ve tried several foods, it seems to dig the Hikari pellets the most. Failures for it have been the Kens Sinking Growth Pellets, Kens Krill pellets, Fluval cichlid pellets and flakes. I’ve looked into some of the other foods mentioned in this thread and will definitely be trying some.

Hikari cichlid gold is cost effective alternative to hikari bio gold plus. NLS and northfin makes better food. Fish takes time to accept new food, it's matter of getting used to than taste for fish.

 

[Ruturaj]

I never feed my fish on water change day.

Rd, whats the ideal order, water change then fast or vice versa? And why?

 

[RD.]

I don't feed on water change day. There is no order. That day feeding is skipped, so 24hrs without food.

 

[DeadFriends]

Hikari cichlid gold is cost effective alternative to hikari bio gold plus. NLS and northfin makes better food. Fish takes time to accept new food, it's matter of getting used to than taste for fish.

Which NLS or Northfin food would you recommend specifically?