Feeding Convict Cichlid Fry Ok?

[moonchild1970]

We have TONS of Convict fry. Are they ok to feed to my BGK? And also to my Bichirs? We really need to get rid of some and maybe that will be a nice change for them, from guppies and guppy fry...lol.

 

[Sarah88]

yeah sure why not, there are lots of people that use convict fry as feeders, i got my jewel pair ssoley for the purpose of breeding feeders lol, and are a bit faster so would make them have to work a little harder for their snack lol

 

[moonchild1970]

Lol.. Lord knows my bichirs will be well fed from all the fry from my "romantic" Convicts!!

 

[Sarah88]

lol OH YES which is why so many people use them as feeders what else can you do with THAT MANY convicts LMAO

 

[moonchild1970]

Sooooo true.

 

[Jumbie]

I like my convicts but I use the fry for feeders lol. Pump them full of vitamins/high protine food let them eat and then toss them in my pike tanks.

 

[moonchild1970]

Yeah they are fed on frozen foods, Hikari and NLS first.

 

[sirdavidofdiscus]

I've done it in the past, until one day I noticed 3 two inch cons that didn't get eaten. Don't know where they hid but they survived and grew!!

 

[smpage]

I've seen that convicts can be pretty fast and evade predators but otherwise they make great feeders!

 

[syddakyd]

probably better feeders then what most are using imo