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FOODS and FEEDING [message #10]

Sat, 27 April 2002 11:54

LeeAnn

Messages: 351
Registered: April 2002
Location: TX - Mrs. Gas

Senior Member

Flake Food[ 17 vote(s) ]

1. Omega One 0 / 0%
2. TetraMin 1 / 6%
3. OSI 2 / 12%
4. HBH 1 / 6%
5. NutraFin 1 / 6%
6. Other (Please reply to post) 6 / 35%
7. Wardley 3 / 18%
8. Hikari 3 / 18%

Hi

We are currently looking for a new staple flake (NO COLOR-ENHANCING HORMONES!!!) for our fish. Of course, we'll still supplement with the usual pellets, frozen and live stuff, but we're not terribly happy with the flake we're feeding now and it's time for a change. This is also an opportunity for me to test the 'poll' feature. Please use it, and respond to this post explaining what you feed (including supplements) for optimal growth and breeding. I think this could help us all.

[Updated on: Mon, 29 April 2002 22:21]

Lee Ann
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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #14]

Tue, 30 April 2002 23:11

kirk
Messages: 1
Registered: April 2002
Location: council bluffs, iowa

Junior Member

Hey Lee Ann, I feed brine, bloodworms, veggie flake (some brand), mysis, shrimp pellets

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #18]

Wed, 01 May 2002 17:28

Woot
Messages: 156
Registered: April 2002
Location: Bettendorf, IA

Senior Member

I keep all Mbuna. I feed them O.S.I. spirulina Pellets, Hikari cihclid pellets, and TetraCichlid cichlid flakes. They seem to devour all the above Laughing

I like the flakes because then the little ones can fit them in their lil mouths better. BTW I soak the pellets in a glass of their aquarium water. Been wanting to try some live brine shrimp or daphnia to see how they enjoy those.

Chad Lopez :: Orbital's African Cichlids

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #27]

Tue, 07 May 2002 16:23

Lisachromis
Messages: 881
Registered: May 2002
Location: Chatham, Ontario

Senior Member

Hi,
We use AquaSelect brand flake food. The types we use are: Regular flake, Brine Shrimp flake, Spirulina flake,
Natural Colour Enhancing flake. We also use Nutrafin Max sinking food tabs for our catfish etc. We HIGHLY recommend Tetrabits for VERY enhanced colours - all naturally. Our fish seem to go crazy for these brands. We also crush ramshorn snails that we pull out of tanks for the Africans - they love that too.

Lisa & Ken
Lisa's Lair

Cichlid Room Companion

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #35]

Tue, 07 May 2002 22:52

LeeAnn

Messages: 351
Registered: April 2002
Location: TX - Mrs. Gas

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Thanks!

Lee Ann
http://www.africancichlids.net/

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #48]

Wed, 08 May 2002 13:48

Astro
Messages: 7
Registered: May 2002
Location: Cary Il

Junior Member

I use spectrum pellets all purpose formula by newlife. works well, specialy on the reds and yellows/oranges

Yes dear, I brought home another tank...

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #174]

Wed, 12 June 2002 16:58

Anonymous Coward

I got some frozen brine shrimp, San Francisco bay brand. Enriched with spirulina. My africans seem to love it so far. My 55 gallon looks like a feeding frenzy when I disolve the cube alittle in my fingers, and let the shrimp seperate.

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #210]

Sun, 30 June 2002 16:32

scoobs

Messages: 162
Registered: May 2002
Location: Muskoka, Ontario

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I feed all my fish different food. I feed HBH pellets to the larger mbuna, as well as wardly color enhancing flakes, wardly cichlid flakes, algea tabs they love them, algea flakes, wardley cichlid crumble, and to the tangs only I feed freeze dried blood worms once a week. Other than that they all get bbs once a week as well.

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #427]

Thu, 18 July 2002 00:40

Gass

Messages: 404
Registered: April 2002
Location: Lake Canyonyika TX

Senior Member

I use whatever you got in that big bucket under the multi's tank hun. Rolling Eyes

[Updated on: Thu, 18 July 2002 00:44]

Gas
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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #436]

Thu, 18 July 2002 09:14

Justin
Messages: 10
Registered: July 2002
Location: Aggieland, USA

Junior Member

I feed frozen bloodworms and emerald entree as treats.

For a staple, I feed a mixture of OSI cichlid flake, Hikari staple, wardley shrimp pellets, and Omega One spirulina/color pellets.

For the little guys after they're off brine shrimp we feed Spectrum Grow.

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #444]

Thu, 18 July 2002 14:09

Gass

Messages: 404
Registered: April 2002
Location: Lake Canyonyika TX

Senior Member

That cyclopeeze stuff is great for newborn vic and tang fry. The put on weight rapidly and being so small, it gives them a bit of a head start.

Gas
http://www.africancichlids.net

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #3879]

Mon, 22 August 2005 14:28

Anonymous Coward

I use bio-blend Herbivore fish flakes. Since I have been keeping mbuna in my tank lately, they usually stay at the bottem, near the most rock work, they almost never come up for the flakes that float, but the Bio-blend flakes are heavy enogh to sink fairly quickly, which is perfect for my fish.

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #4189]

Tue, 29 November 2005 20:15

Anonymous Coward

dainichi cichlid color fx and dainichi veggie fx very expensive but very good

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Re: FOODS and FEEDING [message #4190]

Tue, 29 November 2005 20:20

Anonymous Coward

ainichi color fx and veggie fx

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