Hi i have several different tanks set up with central american cichlids and was wondering what else I should feed them besides hakiri gold cichlid pellets.
what to feed besides hakiri gold pellets
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I feed tropical flakes, Hikari Cichlid Staple, and Hikari Gold. Every once in a while I give freeze dried shrimp. I drop algae wafers in and they fight the pleco over them too. Lol
i feed chopped fresh shrimp , night crawlers , peas , green grapes , pomegranite seeds , and romaine lettuce in a rotation along with hikari gold and shrimp pellets from osi you might have to fast your fish for several days to get them to take some of the fruit and veggies but when they do they'll love it !
I feed lettuce, peas, carrots, freeze dried krill, and earthworms from the garden (no pesticidesa and fertilizers) along with Hikari Gold to my Oscars.
by the way harvick29fan, I thought seeds were not good for cichlids because they would get stuck in the gut
by the way harvick29fan, I thought seeds were not good for cichlids because they would get stuck in the gut
Omega one cichlid pellets, shrimp pellets. Tetra Cichlid sticks, tetra color bits, tetra min pro crisps.......along w/ other fresh food.......gotta give them a varied diet w/ lots of vits/protien. my fish are all under 4" so i start w/ small stuff till they can handle the jumbo sticks and large pellets.
Really, you could get away with a premium pellet (NLS, Omega, etc.) 99% of the time.
Lots of people vary the diet by mixing up pellet brands, but that really isn't much variety as they are generally the same stuff. Many frozen foods are actually poor nutritionally (brine shrimp for instance). The really high end pellets are great for all around use.
Lots of people vary the diet by mixing up pellet brands, but that really isn't much variety as they are generally the same stuff. Many frozen foods are actually poor nutritionally (brine shrimp for instance). The really high end pellets are great for all around use.
Everything mentioned above is good. I also started adding meal worms, I put them in a container with Omega One Color flakes for a few days and then feed them to my fish. They are gone as soon as they hit the water.