Oh ok. Only reason why i asked is because i noticed in general feeding frozen/prepared food it does mess with my water perimeters. Instead of doing one big water change weekly. i do smaller more frequent water changes. I also started using Seachem Pristine. And i noticed it started helping my water out. Not saying anything negative just sharing my input and maybe sharing i fo we both can help ya find a solution. But fresh/frozen does impact water. how long have you heen feeding frozen/prepared food? Have you also done anythung else different to the tank lately?
the frozen has been probably 2 months - obviously they prefer it to pellets - i usually rotate dry/frozen - pellets are hilkari jumbo and massivore
they were on mainly krill until i learned that could be bad as a main staple -
6 of these guys came from a vendor that feeds mainly feeders... so it was hard to get them off that, onto blood worms, then krill, now tilapia.... it’s mainly the kelberi that are the holdouts mainly eating tilapia every other day... or it would be dry 100% -
there is some flashing on gravel or rubbing on wood here and there.... not sure if that’s cichla being cichla or other....
different lately - ive added air stones in the back to get out the poo from behind logs -
i’ll order some pristine...
thanks for feedback!