flowerhorn food for peacocks?

[PoopSmart]

Well my flowerhorn just looks at it like "WTF" because he's 2 years old, and this is about the size of food that rams could eat.

Could I feed it to the africans in my 55? They like it, but I didn't want to feed too much because it is high in protein (46%). But peacocks aren't herbivores so it couldn't be too bad maybe as just a treat.

Any input?

Its OSI flowerhorn food from drfosterandsmith.com.

 

[mike dunagan]

should work....

 

[PoopSmart]

alright, I wouldn't feed it to tropheous becasue of the high protein, but I wasn't sure if it worked the same way with the peacocks. But everything I see says that they are omnivorous.

Thanks will keep using it.

 

[katienjoi]

i don't see anything wrong with feeding it to them just in moderation.

 

[green_fox]

i say keep it in small proportions

 

[mike dunagan]

They are...

 

[PoopSmart]

They are...

..Tropheus? Peacocks? Eating? Omnivores?

No, yes, yes and yes.

I just worry because some africans can get bloat easily from heavily meaty food (food high in protein, amino acids, etc.). I wasn't exactly sure if that would be as common in peacocks as some other species. They are somewhat piscivorous though, correct? Not as much as a haplochromine, but they have the same sort of build that makes me think they look like they could eat fish from time to time.

 

[mike dunagan]

they feed on things that are in the sand in the wild... since most home tanks do not have these things they can benefit from a little higher protein than mbuna or tropheus do...