Just curious

[jkmvan12]

I know ppl have said do not give feeders because of bacteria and low nutrition level, what is a good "live" food for bigger cichlids

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

culled baby cichlids from your other breeding pairs

 

[jworth]

also earthworms

 

[cichlidfish]

Crickets are good food. Feeder fish are good if they are kept healthy. Goldfish are the worst feeders because they are fatty cold water fish. Try raising guppies, platties or swrdtails for feeder fish.

 

[fishguts]

i use creek minnows in the summer but i put them in a 10 gallon for a week and drop one tablet of parrisite clear in there just to be sure after the week is over and everything is fine then i give them a treat once in awile.

 

[BootyBandit]

Crickets or Shrimp

 

[Sarah88]

yeah any insects pretty much are good, and like said things like minnows, guppies platys, etc that are more lean and not fat like gold fish, but any feeders need to either be bred yourself or thoroughly quarantined, i dont like the hassle so i just stick to insects and frozen stuff for my supplements

 

[Loves severums]

ghost Shrimp