View Full Version : Best Cichlid Foods Out There...
ChilDawg
05-19-2003, 3:11 PM
There might be a Con or two in the tank next year...I'm okay with extra filtration and more water changes if need be...
But right now I need to know what the best, commonly available foods for Cons are!
demon_surfer
05-19-2003, 3:22 PM
ahh any old thing will do....what you wanna do is raise em up get em to breed then use their babies as food for everything else you own...great protein...disease free feeders!!
ive heard thats a good way to use them, anyone else know anything about that?
ChilDawg
05-19-2003, 3:24 PM
I've seen more subtle hijacks! :)
(Here's one: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10891)
demon_surfer
05-19-2003, 3:29 PM
ITS MY THREAD! we HAVE control of the cockpit, if you mess with me the pilot is gonna get it! *roar*
and what is this word?? subtle???? soiunds like some kind of drug to me
Tightdog1
05-19-2003, 4:20 PM
DEMON_SURFER thats a good idea i already do that with my brother he breeds convicts and i breed blue acars anmd they both breed like crazy, blue acaras seem to breed more, but thats ok the convicts he has love to chase the blue acars fry and chomp on them!
ChilDawg
05-19-2003, 4:40 PM
Back to the original question, please?
dbcb314
05-19-2003, 5:30 PM
My brother's con eat anything. He eats flakes, brine shrimp, blood worms, and the occasional vegetable.
Tightdog1
05-19-2003, 7:37 PM
oh yea sorry, got caught up in the breeding/feeding.
my brother feeds his cons a lot of different foods. he feeds tetra flake and pellets, frozen blood worms, frozen beef heart, frozen plankton, staple flakes, spirulina flake, and tetra tropical granuals.
Childawg-
I use for flake:
Ocean Nutrition Cichlid Omni Formula
Ocean Nutrition Formula Two Algae based Flake
(both are dusted with spirulina powder)
pellet:
Hikari Cichlid Gold
Hikari Carnivore
Spirulina discs and pellets
Wardley Shrimp Pellets
frozen:
Bloodworms
Krill
Cichlid Chow
Spirulina
Tropical Mega
fresh:
shrimp
tilapia
largemouth bass
live:
ghost shrimp
brine
I feed randomly and mix it up. Only the large cichlids don't get the live brine thats only for the severums and my juvi trimac and festae.
ChilDawg
05-20-2003, 7:52 PM
Wow...anything goes, eh? Thanks for all the advice...I've gotta check out the LFS to see what they've got, and report back with that! :)