Hi! Need your kind help to ID this guy

I'm not sure about that. I mainly feed mine a flake diet. I alternate b/t Omega One and Spirulina, and I supplement with lettuce a couple of times per week. I'm pretty sure these guys are mostly omnivores, so I don't know that they'd get enough protein on veges alone. I mainly give the lettuce to them just to make sure they get some fresh plant matter. I used to feed them brine shrimp, but was told that could cause dropsy, parasites, etc. so stopped. ?

I'm not really sure if what I'm doing constitutes an optimal menu/schedule (I only feed them every 2nd to 3rd day--most of the time). Hopefully you'll get some (and me by proxy!) good advice/suggestions here!
 
Best food for them is a dedicated pellet like New Life Spectrum Cichlid Forum. You can supplement with veggie but they need more protein than these will provide as a full diet.
 
i went to the store today and they were selling hikari cichilid excel and hikari cichilid staple...anyone tried those before? they any good?
 
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