Ideal food for cichlids
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I rotate different foods along with pellets. The pellets are their staple diet though.
Hikari Cichlid Staple
Nutrafin Floating Cichlid Sticks
Nutrafin Max Sinking Food Tablets
Shrimp pellets
Crickets
Earthworms
Turkey heart and liver
Beefheart
Cocktail shrimp
Algae Wafers
Veggies.. Peas, Corn and Carrots.
Not to mention any flys or bugs found around the house.. depending on what they are.
I don't use feeders.. IF I raised them myself maybe. But I think there are better foods to use instead. Like Earthworms. My oscar goes nuts over them.
Hikari Cichlid Staple
Nutrafin Floating Cichlid Sticks
Nutrafin Max Sinking Food Tablets
Shrimp pellets
Crickets
Earthworms
Turkey heart and liver
Beefheart
Cocktail shrimp
Algae Wafers
Veggies.. Peas, Corn and Carrots.
Not to mention any flys or bugs found around the house.. depending on what they are.
I don't use feeders.. IF I raised them myself maybe. But I think there are better foods to use instead. Like Earthworms. My oscar goes nuts over them.
This is wht i'd put on Menu:
Pellets (First on Menu)
Frozen Blood Worms
Frozen Tubifex worms
TetraMin Flakes(For Angels, Discus & Rams)
TetraBits (For Angels, Discus & Rams)
Cichlid Sticks (For large cichlids growing around a foot)
Occational live molly or goldfish (for Carnivores)
Live Plants like Temple, Cobombo, Hydrocotyle (for africans)
Pellets (First on Menu)
Frozen Blood Worms
Frozen Tubifex worms
TetraMin Flakes(For Angels, Discus & Rams)
TetraBits (For Angels, Discus & Rams)
Cichlid Sticks (For large cichlids growing around a foot)
Occational live molly or goldfish (for Carnivores)
Live Plants like Temple, Cobombo, Hydrocotyle (for africans)
I read from a local (Sg) forum that some cichlid owners tried the 'Chinese Seaweed' as a supplement occassionally.
After feeding my fish with the same pellets and flakes after 2 months, I decided to try what the others did.
Yes. thats when I got bored with rice and noodles everyday, I opt for a sandwich.
These are DIFFERENT from the Japanese Seaweed that we see in the 'Oriental Food' Section from the supermarket, which you use for making sushi. Those are normally salted and seasoned with chilli and MSG.
I tried the ones imported from China which are not salted or seasoned weekly. These dried seaweed has to be soaked (in water) for 5 mins before cutting them with sharp scissors into really small sizes (5mm since my fishes are almost less than 3'') The fish usually snap them up quick. Of course, these are just an 'oriental' treat from the locals here, NOT a staple! You may find them in your local Chinese grocery shops from Chinatown?
Disclaimer: The method mentioned above is NOT 'clinically' tested and NOT responsible for any 'deaths' of any of your precious fishies.
After feeding my fish with the same pellets and flakes after 2 months, I decided to try what the others did.
Yes. thats when I got bored with rice and noodles everyday, I opt for a sandwich.
These are DIFFERENT from the Japanese Seaweed that we see in the 'Oriental Food' Section from the supermarket, which you use for making sushi. Those are normally salted and seasoned with chilli and MSG.
I tried the ones imported from China which are not salted or seasoned weekly. These dried seaweed has to be soaked (in water) for 5 mins before cutting them with sharp scissors into really small sizes (5mm since my fishes are almost less than 3'') The fish usually snap them up quick. Of course, these are just an 'oriental' treat from the locals here, NOT a staple! You may find them in your local Chinese grocery shops from Chinatown?
Disclaimer: The method mentioned above is NOT 'clinically' tested and NOT responsible for any 'deaths' of any of your precious fishies.
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