Good 'growth' food

[jagarundi]

Hello all, Does anyone have a recommendation for some good, fattening growth food? I have a Jag that I'd like to fatten up and grow quickly.

 

[YoFishboy]

The brand is called "variety"..hehe....buy high quaility flake and or pellets, and supplement with freeze-dried, cultured and frozen foods as well. With cichlid fry, I feed often (2-4 times a day) with heavy filtration and lots of big water changes....you can kick up the heat a little too, but not too much. I personally like adding freeze-dried krill for conditioning adults to breed or ground up to feed fry.

 

[liv2padl]

what fishboy said + 50 percent water changes on a weekly basis.

 

[jagarundi]

Water changes aren't a problem. I change my water weekly. Currently, I feed Hikari gold, beefheart, bloodworms, brine shrimp and vegetables

 

[reptileguy2727]

Hikari Bio-gold+, New Life Spectrum, 75% weekly water changes, massive filtration, and 82F. Don't rush it, just provide the best conditions and see how well it does.

 

[mostlycichlids]

NLS and HBH super soft foods are all I use.

 

[Flowerhorn916]

Try freeze dried krill

 

[iangangoo]

I have a Jag also and feed him Dry krill, and Hikari Biogold pellets he is growing fast! Water changes and good filtration along with tlc is all you need.

 

[DeRo316]

Never tried it, but it could work.

 

[liv2padl]

food labeled 'grow' is simply a more expensive regular food. there's no magic food that'll make your cichlids grow faster or bigger than they are genetically programmed for. a quality, varied diet and clean water is the only method. and it's not expensive.