We always had cichlids growing up but I haven't had my own tank since 2003 so I'm a bit rusty. I recently set up and I have 1 jack dempsey and 1 jaguar managuense, both are about 3" long. I was feeding them a mix of Wardley floating cichlid pellets, tetra color tropical flakes and tetra freeze dried bloodworm larvae. I just went and bought new life spectrum cichlid formula. I think I may of been over feeding them as there has been a lot of waste in the tank. I have since cut back but with the sinking pellets, I'm not sure I can monitor how quickly they are eating it becasue of the dark gravel. I plan on switching to sand when I upgrade to a larger tank.
So, I was wondering how much I should give each of the new life spectrum. Also should I only feed new spectrum or should I still throw in some of the others on occasion?
I have seen in various posts on this forum and others where a member posts a photo of their fish and someone mentions that they are skinny and I don't believe that mine are but I don't want them to end up that way.
So, I was wondering how much I should give each of the new life spectrum. Also should I only feed new spectrum or should I still throw in some of the others on occasion?
I have seen in various posts on this forum and others where a member posts a photo of their fish and someone mentions that they are skinny and I don't believe that mine are but I don't want them to end up that way.
