Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => Old World => Topic started by: runawaypencil on September 22, 2011, 02:16:46 PM

Title: Foods
Post by: runawaypencil on September 22, 2011, 02:16:46 PM

What is the best to feed the fry for growth,  I have been using nls, and crushed flake.  But I found a local guy that is actually rasing worms as a hobby and is selling off some to help fund his hobby,  I was wondering if feed live red worms and other types are ok,  or Should I be very careful and watch for bloat and other problems.  What are some of the pros and cons to it..  I'm not sure how expensive they are but i suspecting they are pretty cheap.... will do some research on price before buying any...   Just looking for some of your gurus thoughts... 

Thanks

Title: Re: Foods
Post by: Ron on September 22, 2011, 02:29:47 PM

Before commenting further, what species of fry are you raising?

Title: Re: Foods
Post by: Frenchie on September 22, 2011, 02:43:22 PM

I use snails as well as dry food, Thats been crushed very fine.

Title: Re: Foods
Post by: runawaypencil on September 23, 2011, 08:27:12 AM

Well.  Peacocks, German red. And bi500    happened moorii blue dolphin.    And electric yellows and acei and damasoni   

Title: Re: Foods
Post by: Regalblue on September 23, 2011, 03:13:50 PM

I wouldn't feed the fish you have listed any kind of worms.
Especially the Mbuna

Title: Re: Foods
Post by: gmaschke on September 23, 2011, 03:18:53 PM

I feed live baby brine shrimp when they are real young then switch to cruhed flake and nls growth formula as they grow.   I have tried several of the powder foods but it is very easy to overfeed and usually results in dirty tanks quite quickly o I now avoid the powder foods. 

Title: Re: Foods
Post by: Super Turtleman on September 24, 2011, 11:38:35 PM

I would also suggest avoiding the worms.

I use Hikari First Bites for the first couple weeks then switch to ground up flakes. Once they get some size to 'em I move on to 1mm NLS pellets.

Warning about First Bites: it is a lot of food, much more than you expect. I use a toothpick, dip about 1/2 inch of it in the powder and that's plenty of food (depending on how many fry you have of course).

Title: Re: Foods
Post by: runawaypencil on September 25, 2011, 12:06:19 AM

Thanks for the info I'm not going to try and will check into the nls growth..  I wounder if my local whole seller can get it to me discounted like they do for the nls normal cichlid formula.  Thanks again...