liz m wants to know:
I have tried blood worms( which they seem to like but i have hears that they shouldn’t have to much protein, brine shrimp, (flakes, floating pellets and sinking pellets they used to like this stuff but don’t really seem to want to touch it anymore) I have heard that you can use fresh veggie but i am not sure what kind and if I have to cook it first or not.
I have tried blood worms( which they seem to like but i have hears that they shouldn’t have to much protein, brine shrimp, (flakes, floating pellets and sinking pellets they used to like this stuff but don’t really seem to want to touch it anymore) I have heard that you can use fresh veggie but i am not sure what kind and if I have to cook it first or not.
thank you in advance
What are spirulina flakes and where do you get them from?
September 30th, 2009 at 12:32 am
You can buy the aquatic grass at the pet smart store. You also can get cichlid food. They also like other fish live. They like algae pellets.
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:51 am
That depends on the species, or general group. Mbuna are herbivores, most of the free swimming Cichlids like Haplochromis or Aulonocara are carnivorous, and most of the riverine Cichlids are carnivorous as well, but a bit of vegetable matter is good for them as well. Without knowing the general type, it will be difficult to say.
As far as vegetables go, blanched lettuce or spinach would be good, as would slices of zucchini, cucumber, grapes, bananas, etc. Really, a good Cichlid pellet would be considerably better for them, as it’s more balanced.
October 5th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
i feed them spirulina flakes and pellets switching back and forth. the spirulina has made my fish grow quickly and develop vibrant colors
October 6th, 2009 at 6:11 am
don’t ever feed them bloodworms, and only brine shrimp maybe once a week, you shoud give them a good quality cichlid flake or pellet food, if they don’t want to eat it then your feeding them to much because your cichlids should seem to be hungry all the time and eat the flakes and pellets with relish. a good vegetable to give them is zucchinni squash blanched.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Spiralina encoated flakes are basically a flake food that is coated with algae thus making it high in vegetable matter. I pretty much reccomend this as a base food for most all cichlids as there are not many true carnivores. I carry a group of Nimbochromis Venustus which are listed as carnivores, however they love the flake foods I use, all spiralina based. You will not really hurt much by using this as your staple food.
There are other products listed that claim to enhance colorations but I don’t buy into that. I think keeping your water quality perfect and a balance in diet will do much more then trying to employ a food. Use the Spiralina based flake food, and then mix in some blood worms, brine shrimp, or krill to adding protien. The varied mix will do good. Soopy isn’t off either that pellets for cichlids are nice choices as well, as pellets usually have a good balance of needed foods. Just the trick is, some species don’t take as well to pellets as others. Flakes generally get their attention fairly easy so I’d go with flakes first if possible.
October 7th, 2009 at 3:20 am
No idea
good luck