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[Casper2000]

Feeder fish will actually give the best results in cichla as long as you dont use any cyprinids (like goldfish.)

What's a good feeder then? Rosey reds? Guppies?

 

[Houdini89]

What do you mean, don't feed them Goldfish, what other feeder is there, at somones LFS....

 

[Houdini89]

high protein foods, but a varied diet is also important so feed a bunch of different foods. feed many small meals through out the day.

Trying to feed these picky fish a varied diet, sounds good in theory, but your going to waste a lot of money and fish food, just stick to live food until there around six inches, then attemp to convert....Good Luck

 

[Casper2000]

What do you mean, don't feed them Goldfish, what other feeder is there, at somones LFS....

Actually a lot of the non chain store LFS in my area sell other feeders besides goldfish. I can only imagine how bad petland/petco feeders might be...

In other news my baby pbass has followed the lead of the other fish and decided to down pellets and bloodworms, no need for feeders

 

[sostoudt]

What do you mean, don't feed them Goldfish, what other feeder is there, at somones LFS....

goldfish contain some type of chemical that break down other nutrients, causing a deficiency. i tried to find the name, ive seen it mentioned on these forums a couple times.
edit: found it thiaminase destorys vitamin B

oh well heres a link to a post on feeder fish.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12521

Trying to feed these picky fish a varied diet, sounds good in theory, but your going to waste a lot of money and fish food, just stick to live food until there around six inches, then attemp to convert....Good Luck

he didnt ask for the cheapest way, just the best way.

 

[Houdini89]

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[haynchinook334]

At that small of a age, try and feed them bits of shrimp, silver sides, bio gold pellets, blood worms, etc.

I find it easier to convert them from live to frozen food at a smaller size.

 

[iloveoscars702]

He posted in the Cichla forum so it's assumed that it's a Cichla.

haha uhm quarantine some rosy red minnows or feeder guppies... i fed those to my baby orinos and they grew like crazy in the first week i had em. but once you get them on a regular feeding routine try and alternating live feeders and frozen krill to get them off live... i did this with my 3 inch orinos and they are eating nothing but krill.