What to feed?

dynasty187

dynasty187

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Ok so I got a bunch of Africans from my LFS and he advised me not to feed them brine shrimp and to use Spectrum pellets, which I already had for my Barbs. What else should I be feeding them and how often, I would like to give them a variety to keep them happy, healthy and colourful.

Here is what I got:
red tops, jewels, aurora pombas, black calvus, yellow labs and red peacocks.
 
Yea that's the pellets I have. "New Life Spectrum, community fish formula." 1mm sinking pellets.

But I mean blood worms, lettuce etc?
 
maybe others might be able to chime in with what they feed, but i've been feeding my fish the new life spectrum since i started my tank last october. everyone seems to be happy with lots of colors.

i don't see why you can't feed krill, brine shrimp, bloodworms, etc. i've seen others use leafy greens/veggies too.

overall, though, i've heard that new life spectrum would be suffice for the most part.
 
When I had africans I would feed freez dried brine,beef hearts,blood worms, garden worms,grubs,raw shrimp,pellets,mosquito larvi.. As you can see these guys will eat almost anything! My advise -experiment!

Remember it's better to under feed than overfeed..

Good Luck!:idea:
 
I believe that some african cichlids are prone to bloat, if they get fed too much protein via animal tissue(Brine shrimp etc) .
I also understand that their normal diet should contain veggies and other high fiber foods.
 
One of my tanks is a 90 gallon with a mix of african cichlids - my "odds and ends" tank for extra males I like - primarily mbuna, a few Tanganyikan, overall about 70% herbivore. When a significant portion of the fish in your tank are herbivores, feed a good quality herbivore food geared towards mbuna. I use Ocean Nutrition Omni/Veggie flakes, and Omega One veggie pellets. There is more than enough protein sources for the health of the omnivores, yet not so much as to cause problems for the herbivores. Quite frankly, I think a lot of aquairists use foods that are too "hot" (high Protein) for too long - gear the higher protein foods (45% and up) towards the fry and taper off (35%-45%) as adults. However, for many fish, kicking up the protein (and food quantity in general) when getting fish ready to spawn is a good idea.
 
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