I use red zebra foods. I have known the guy who owns the company for a long time now and used the food for a few years (since he started having it made). he sells in bulk and the price scales on how much you get. The website is www.redzebraaquatics.com
Cichlid pellets for SA/CA ciclids, what have you tried and your opinion?
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silverdragon;1586997; said:
I agree, I use Hikari Cichlid Biogold +, Cichlid Excel mix, (2/1 ratio), for my High end cichlids, and for fatso's like manny's, I would simply use regular Cichlid Gold and Cichlid staple, also 2/1 ratio, to maintain them with nice color and growth. I also give an occasional treat of frozen krill or live mealworms to all who will eat it, that is all you need. Tried all the brands, Hikari for me is the best, since 1982 for my cichlids.
i've only used Hikari and Omega One. Omega One seems to have much better ingredients and less mess.
i use hikari cichlid gold, hikari cichlid bio-gold, Grand Sumo & Grand Sumo Red, Omega One Cichlid, Spectrum Thera +A, ChingMix Formula SP50, Tetra Cichlid sticks, and Purina Game & Vigor Formula. These are just the pellets.
I usually mix in GrandSumo & ChingMix & Omega One & Thera +A, then give the sticks and the vigor stuff once every couple days. Both are purty messy.
I usually mix in GrandSumo & ChingMix & Omega One & Thera +A, then give the sticks and the vigor stuff once every couple days. Both are purty messy.
Did some googling
Xtreme Cichlid:
CICHLID DIET- 1.5mm Pellet Ingredients: Krill Meal, Fish Meal, Wheat Middlings, Wheat, Shrimp Meal, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Blood Meal, Wheat Flour, Distillers Dried Grains with Soluables, Brewers Dried Yeast, Spirulina, Monosodium Phosphate, Paprika, Limestone, Xanthophyll, Fish Oil, Lecithin, Salt, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, di-Alph Tocopheryl Acetate(Vitamin E Supplement), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Caldium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex(source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate(source of Vitamin C), Canthaxanthin, Astaxanthin, Beta Carotene
hikari Sinking Gold:
Ingredients: fish meal, wheat flour, flaked corn, brewers dried yeast, wheat bran, gluten meal, fish oil, dried A. niger fermentation extract, garlic, astaxanthin, DL-methionine, monosodium glutamate, vitamins and minerals including stabilized vitamin C
Additives:
Vitamin A - 15,000 IU/kg
Vitamin C - 78 mg/kg
Vitamin D3 - 3,100 IU/kg
Vitamin E - 300 mg/kg
You make the choice? looks like a lot of grain by products as the 2nd or 3rd main ingredient
I've gotten respectable gains in fish size from my base pellet choice although I do supplement with other brands depending on sales..HBH @2lbs for 16.50
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HBH OSCAR SHOW / SOUTH AMERICAN CICHLID COLOR
MAIN INGREDIENTS: Anchovy Meal, Dried Squid, Blood Meal, Fish Oil, Wheat Flour, Lecithin, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Beta Carotenes. With Added Vitamins and Minerals
Xtreme Cichlid:
CICHLID DIET- 1.5mm Pellet Ingredients: Krill Meal, Fish Meal, Wheat Middlings, Wheat, Shrimp Meal, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Blood Meal, Wheat Flour, Distillers Dried Grains with Soluables, Brewers Dried Yeast, Spirulina, Monosodium Phosphate, Paprika, Limestone, Xanthophyll, Fish Oil, Lecithin, Salt, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, di-Alph Tocopheryl Acetate(Vitamin E Supplement), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Caldium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex(source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate(source of Vitamin C), Canthaxanthin, Astaxanthin, Beta Carotene
hikari Sinking Gold:
Ingredients: fish meal, wheat flour, flaked corn, brewers dried yeast, wheat bran, gluten meal, fish oil, dried A. niger fermentation extract, garlic, astaxanthin, DL-methionine, monosodium glutamate, vitamins and minerals including stabilized vitamin C
Additives:
Vitamin A - 15,000 IU/kg
Vitamin C - 78 mg/kg
Vitamin D3 - 3,100 IU/kg
Vitamin E - 300 mg/kg
You make the choice? looks like a lot of grain by products as the 2nd or 3rd main ingredient
I've gotten respectable gains in fish size from my base pellet choice although I do supplement with other brands depending on sales..HBH @2lbs for 16.50
:HBH OSCAR SHOW / SOUTH AMERICAN CICHLID COLOR
MAIN INGREDIENTS: Anchovy Meal, Dried Squid, Blood Meal, Fish Oil, Wheat Flour, Lecithin, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Beta Carotenes. With Added Vitamins and Minerals
