they won't eat the minos i gave them, but i have been feeding them blood worms and they seem to like those, but what kind of fish would they be able to eat at such a young age? also, how big will they get?
what kind of fish do small albino african cichlids like to eat?
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no reason to feed them live fish, as long as they are getting a varied diet with shrimp pellets, cichlid pellets, bloodworms, etc, they will be fine.
as for size...they get about 10"-14" long and require at least a 55G tank for just one cichlid. they are also very aggressive so it will be difficult/impossible to find some tankmates for it unless you have it in a 75G (and even then its touchy)
as for size...they get about 10"-14" long and require at least a 55G tank for just one cichlid. they are also very aggressive so it will be difficult/impossible to find some tankmates for it unless you have it in a 75G (and even then its touchy)
What kind of africans? Most are vegeatarians anyways and will not do well with a diet containing too much protein or fat.
And I believe that this was stated several times in a thread you started earlier...why do you still think they need live food?
And I believe that this was stated several times in a thread you started earlier...why do you still think they need live food?
A good quality pellet or flake and blanched veggies ( roman lettuce, zucchini,, peeled peas). If they are mbuna (it sounds like they are most likely albino Pseudotropheus socolofi) they should not be feed live or high protein food, they can get bloat very easily and it will kill them.
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Mbuna will not eat live fish. There are many other reasons not to feed live fish but this one will do for the moment.
Could be pseudo macrothalamus either (also has an albino strain)
No bloodworms at all; absolutely inappropriate for mbuna.
Good quality cichlid pellets are ideal...I reccomend New Life Spectrum.
Under absolutely no circumstances will mbuna get 10 - 14 inches long. Try 4 - 6 inches. In a 55 you would have upwards of 12 and perhaps a lot more. In fact with mbuna you would overstock as a way of controlling territorial issues.
There are some deepwater african cichlids which can get large, but I don't believe there are albino strains of these.
Honestly...
Could be pseudo macrothalamus either (also has an albino strain)
No bloodworms at all; absolutely inappropriate for mbuna.
Good quality cichlid pellets are ideal...I reccomend New Life Spectrum.
Under absolutely no circumstances will mbuna get 10 - 14 inches long. Try 4 - 6 inches. In a 55 you would have upwards of 12 and perhaps a lot more. In fact with mbuna you would overstock as a way of controlling territorial issues.
There are some deepwater african cichlids which can get large, but I don't believe there are albino strains of these.
Honestly...
Mbuna will not eat live fish. There are many other reasons not to feed live fish but this one will do for the moment.
Could be pseudo macrothalamus either (also has an albino strain)
No bloodworms at all; absolutely inappropriate for mbuna.
Good quality cichlid pellets are ideal...I reccomend New Life Spectrum.
Under absolutely no circumstances will mbuna get 10 - 14 inches long. Try 4 - 6 inches. In a 55 you would have upwards of 12 and perhaps a lot more. In fact with mbuna you would overstock as a way of controlling territorial issues.
There are some deepwater african cichlids which can get large, but I don't believe there are albino strains of these.
Honestly...
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