if you feed live foods...

Some will say yes.........some will say no. I don't think ANYone knows the "final" answer because no one can interview the fish. My oscar gets JUST as excited when I pull out his bag of dry food as he did when he saw a net full of fish. He also got along just fine with a much smaller catfish that I recently added after getting live food at least once or twice a month for over a year. I haven't given him anything live in a month or two now......and there has been zero behavioral change that I can notice.
 
My jd seems to be a little more tolerate of her tankmates after I feed her anywhere from 10 to 20 med size guppies. It takes 2 to 3 days for her to eat them all. And you can only catch her in the dark. But the guppies are raised by me. I think she likes the thrill of the hunt
 
I'd only feed frozen food to those guys. I think only feed fish other smaller fish = an agressive fish, so the shrimp and the daphnia should be all right.

I've fed mine only frozen and live food... and the Julies are only aggressive because they are spawning/have fry.
 
I'm sure you know this, but feeding your Cichlids only limited diets, (including only live food,) is a cause of Hole in the Head. The more variety the better. Flakes, pellets, with some frozen food and live food mixed in.
 
Just to add

Originally posted by Rocketman
I'm sure you know this, but feeding your Cichlids only limited diets, (including only live food,) is a cause of Hole in the Head. The more variety the better. Flakes, pellets, with some frozen food and live food mixed in.
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Just to add to what rocketman said. Here is an exerpt from a HTH article.
Full credits to the article author.
Adam Dagna


As a side note for carnivorous and semi-carnivorous fish such as oscars, red devils, and Jaguars, feeder fish should never be chosen as a primary food source because they have virtually no nutritional value. In addition feeders contain the enzyme thaimase which breaks down thiamine. Thiamine is an important vitamin and if you use feeders as a large portion of your fishes diet it WILL develope a thiamine deficiency. Fish fed exclusively or largely a diet of feeder fish are extremely likely to develop HITH. They are also in high risk of contracting other diseases, such as ich, numerous other parasites, or fungal infections. It is important to resist the urge to watch your fish chase their food, it is for their own good.

Written by Adam Dagna (©2001-02)
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The full article can be read here:
http://www.worldcichlids.com/diseases/Adamhith.html
 
lots of different types of food and not just live foods like frozen, flake, pellet, live, etc.
i feed home bred, not store bought, live feeder guppies, and dwarf red platys. i know they are all disease free,, raised in controlled environments.
 
Whoops, Scotto and Tight are right. I also feed my Calvus's and Julies flake food and sinking pellets... my previous post made it sound like they were only fed frozen food:rolleyes: .

Do you have any idea what specie of julie you have? That could also make a difference in temperment...
 
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