Foods

[runawaypencil]

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

[Ron]

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

[Frenchie]

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

[runawaypencil]

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

[Regalblue]

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

[gmaschke]

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. 

[Super Turtleman]

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).

[runawaypencil]

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...