How long does it usually take you to break a cichla off live?

[CichlaRyan]

lol i never really starved my cichla! i would drop a feeder, then a piece of krill/shrimp, then feeder, and repeat. when they stopped spitting out the shrimp, i knew they were DONE!!!!

most guys here say not to starve anything less than 8". other than that, starve the bastards! 4-6 days of not eating is not that long IMO. if its been months, then you should worry lol

no topwater smashing they dont even look at anything but live.

 

[X-Tank]

I agreed with previously mentioned. Train your fish to wait on top and ready to hit top water. You can accomplish this by dropping blackworm or guppy one at a time..................... or the worst..... send them to my tank and get trained in 1 week. Result guarantee !!

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[CichlaRyan]

haha nice!!!! loving the zullies and kelberis