feeding my bottom feeders in a malawi tank

[mystic.bertie]

hi i have a 4ft well stocked malawi tank with a 7" plec, 6" upside down catfish, gold loach and 2 blue botia, i am looking for suggestions on how to feed these fish as any food i put in my tank gets eaten by the malawis, at the moment i am feeding tropical flake and spirulina sticks, any suggestions ?

 

[ewurm]

I don't really recommend you keep Asian or Amazonian fish in a Rift lake setup.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

the problem with this ends up being that frozen food for example, which can be sent down to the bottom fish using a turkey baster or syringe will probably end up being too high in protein and that will have negative consequences if the Malawi cichlids in the tank are mbuna

 

[mystic.bertie]

the problem with this ends up being that frozen food for example, which can be sent down to the bottom fish using a turkey baster or syringe will probably end up being too high in protein and that will have negative consequences if the Malawi cichlids in the tank are mbuna

i have a mixture of mostly mbuna and a few haps and a frontosa, i have bought NLS cichlid formula which sinks and feeds omnivores, carnivores and herbivores so the catfish and botia will hopefully feed from that too, i am putting agae wafers if for the plec and a lump of cumcumber, it seems to love cumcumber.

 

[zenyfish]

Drop in food 30 minutes after lights out for catfish.

 

[Lupin]

The problem arises in water conditions, dietary requirements and compatibility issues which is why loaches and most plecos are obviously incompatible with rift valley cichlids regardless. Your loaches eat meat. Mbunas don't.