how to get veggies into cichlids diet?
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I just have to feed veggie flakes/pellets since that is what my fish are use to. Any grocery store bought product, they just look at it and swim away.
I just have to feed veggie flakes/pellets since that is what my fish are use to. Any grocery store bought product, they just look at it and swim away.
Try steamed asparagus heads. My Adonis went nuts over them. My first Oscar inhaled whole stems. Everything loves them. Except my self-starving Green Terror, that is.
All of my Geophagus, Satanoperca, Gymnogeophagus and Microgeophagus eat zucchini and peas greedily, the ones that weren't too impressed at first adjusted to it rather quickly. My Crenicichla even warmed up to it and eat it greedily now as well
I'd just keep providing it in small amounts, and they'll figure it out.
I'd just keep providing it in small amounts, and they'll figure it out.
i use spirinula based pellets for my midas, con and jewel. i have also used algae wafers. these work great and i have had GT's, loisellei, oscar, FM and clown loaches eating them.
it helps when your fish are greedy. anything you put in is fair game with greedy fish.
it helps when your fish are greedy. anything you put in is fair game with greedy fish.
It depends on what kind of cichlid you are talking about. I have always just given pellets, because they have everything they need. I had a texas cichlid that loved algae wafers though. Most cichlids do like a meatier diet, which is why you may have a hard time feeding veggies. Fish like plecos and silver dollars will like a more veggie based diet.
What kind of cichlid is this?
What kind of cichlid is this?
Hikari makes algae wafers. I crush them (mainly for my silver dollars though as the fish will eat the whole thing too).