Best food for mbuna's?

That's why you don't give them pure spirulina. The problem isn't protein though. It's the ANIMAL protein and fat. Their systems are not designed to break down those. In the wild, they mostly scrape algae off of rocks all day.
 
Nolapete said:
That's why you don't give them pure spirulina. The problem isn't protein though. It's the ANIMAL protein and fat. Their systems are not designed to break down those. In the wild, they mostly scrape algae off of rocks all day.
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Now this makes sense because Spirulina is very high in protein.
 
I feed mine NLS/Hikari pellets, SuperSoft spirulina, chopped zucchini, spinach & lettuce shreds(microwaved in water for a few secs). I'll toss in 5 or so danios every now and then, they gradually disappear.
 
My little mbuna's like the seaweed salad. One of my bumblee cichlids has recently stopped eating. So I've been trying different foods, and the seaweed salad is the only thing it'll eat. And since I've introduced that, my other fish have stopped eating the other foods also!

None of pet stores around here sell New Life Spectrum, so I haven't been able to try that yet. Anybody know of a good place to order it online?

Also, why is the first ingredient in most of the 'veggie' foods fish meal? I've only found one food, Omega One, at my local pet stores where the first ingredient isn't an animal product. And half of my fish are strictly herbivores!
 
There are a lot of online places that you can get NLs from. Here are some of them

http://stores.ebay.com/GoFish-Aquarium-Supplies_Fish-Food_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ3QQftidZ1QQtZkm


http://www.amazon.com/NEW-LIFE-INTERNATIONAL-10-6-CICHLID/dp/B0002E7IRW

Hope that this helps you get started.


fgump said:
My little mbuna's like the seaweed salad. One of my bumblee cichlids has recently stopped eating. So I've been trying different foods, and the seaweed salad is the only thing it'll eat. And since I've introduced that, my other fish have stopped eating the other foods also!

None of pet stores around here sell New Life Spectrum, so I haven't been able to try that yet. Anybody know of a good place to order it online?

Also, why is the first ingredient in most of the 'veggie' foods fish meal? I've only found one food, Omega One, at my local pet stores where the first ingredient isn't an animal product. And half of my fish are strictly herbivores!
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I feed mine chopped beef heart as a staple. Sometimes I purchase a full cow liver soaked in blood and dump it in my malawi tanks. They love it.
 
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