Best food for mbuna's?
- Thread starter MbunaFishKeeper
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They are mostly herbivores, so a vegetable based diet is best. Flakes or pellet food enriched with spirulina is a good staple. Fully defrosted frozen peas, carrots, zucchini, spinach, and romaine lettuce are good as well.
DON'T feed them protein based foods...no live food or frozen brine shrimp, worms, beefheart, etc.
DON'T feed them protein based foods...no live food or frozen brine shrimp, worms, beefheart, etc.
Alot of people feed NLS Cichlid pellets, which I don't think have much protein. I use them more as a supplement though and feed mostly Veggie flakes.
This is great advice. You can also get the Hikari frozen veggie mix. Mbuna are very susceptible to "Malawi Bloat," which can be deadly, and is from too much protein. My mbuna thrived on this kind of diet, growing very healthy.
This is what spirulina is...
http://www.naturalways.com/spirul1.htm
It is more healthy for fish, because it has more amino acids than real beef does.....
that is why it is highly recommended for herbivore fish....
NolaPete is correct about the spirulina...All foods made for cichlids that have this in it are the best for cichlids that are herbivores...He is one smart cookie...
http://www.naturalways.com/spirul1.htm
It is more healthy for fish, because it has more amino acids than real beef does.....
that is why it is highly recommended for herbivore fish....NolaPete is correct about the spirulina...All foods made for cichlids that have this in it are the best for cichlids that are herbivores...He is one smart cookie...
We are waiting for all of our cichlid food to run out and then we switch to Omega and New Life Spectrum.....
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