who wants to help the newbtard?

[charlie_stubbs]

i have a 55 gallon with 4 electric yellow labs and 4 maingano johanni. can they be fed freeze dried plankton???

[jm1212]

yep, you can try.

variety is the key.

[nickmcmechan]

hi charlie, see you have no replies on this one

i'm setting up a 300l malwai just now so have been doing research

my understanding is that they eat alga and tiny inverts in nature

this is why we have to feed them 2-3 times per day with a vegetable based food

however its also good to feed them something like brine shrimp onece a week

need to be very careful with overfeeding to avoid malawi bloat

[wataugachicken]

lol, newbtard is a fantastic word.

[Rbishop]

IMO, no.

[GirlieGirl8521]

Mbuna need a vegetable based diet. I looked up freeze dried plankton and it seems to have alot of animal protein in it (one site said 68% for their brand), so IMO I would not feed them that. I'd stick to spirulina based flakes and occasional frozen brine shrimp (which doesn't have near as much crude protein).

[Slappy*McFish]

San Francisco Bay's Emerald Entree, Ocean Nutrition's Formula 2, and Hikari Cichlid Excel are perfect foods to feed them.