cichlids will not eat veggies
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jeyy88;5131289; said:ok sounds good thanks so much! I'll let you know how we make out with this schedule!
ps do you use frozen peas or the peas in a pod? (i never really cook or do anything with peas for human food so im kinda confused sorry lol)
You CAN use canned peas and just squeeze the insides out, but frozen, blanched are better.
Take a few peas, and a teaspoon of hot water, put it in the microwave for about 10-15 second, let them cool, squeeze the peas til the inside pops out, either mash them, or leave them halved, depending on the size of your fish, throw the outer shell away, and dump them in your tank.
If they're not gone by morning, remove them and pitch them. (I use an aqua gardener thingy to get down there and grab them - I found out my Calvus do NOT eat vegetables. Meat only, please.)
Don't feed them the blood worms for a while and keep on offering the pellets and veggies. Eventually they will eat the pellets and whatever else you offer. My dads two just recently got his two large Oscars to eat pellet food instead of feeders by using this method.
so we didn't feed for 2 feedings (instead of 2 days just to see if it would work) and the Oscar has started to eat Hikari Cichlid gold! The Jack will eat the pellets the odd time but isn't completely sold yet! we are going to feed them tonight then stop for a day and see if they will eat peas, if not we'll feed them then wait 2 days and try again
Start feeding Newlife Spectrum...its the best staple food on the market, fish love it, and it has plenty of veggies in it.
