How to get Cichlids to eat their Veggies?

[flowerpower]

Gut load crickets.

 

[q_fish]

i got my cichlid n fronts to eat zuchinni LMAO

 

[peathenster]

The cichlids I have are a Blue Acara, 2 Jack Dempseys, Salvini, and Sajica.

They should eat carnivore diets, they are carnivores. The pellet food you give them is probably 45% or more wheat or corn based, don't forget that. Look to see what the top 3 ingredients are.

It really depends on the fish...of the species you listed, I think blue acara and JD are heavily carnivorous, and sal and sajica are more omnivorous...

I wouldn't worry too much - like kdrun76 said, just pick a good pellet as staple and they should be fine.

 

[darth pike]

The sajica is the only one that would really need some plant materials in it's diet, but a nice spurlina flake/pellet would handle their requirements just fine.