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Best Food
« on: February 06, 2012, 07:30:58 PM »
I have been thinking about trying some new food for my africans and I wanted to see what people thought was the best.  Currently I feed spirulina Flake with supplements of Brine Shrimp, Mysis Shrimp, and Bloodworms.  My fry get Spectrum Grow.  What do you think is the best thing food out there?

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2012, 08:54:37 PM »
I have been thinking about trying some new food for my africans and I wanted to see what people thought was the best.  Currently I feed spirulina Flake with supplements of Brine Shrimp, Mysis Shrimp, and Bloodworms.  My fry get Spectrum Grow.  What do you think is the best thing food out there?
Specifically what do you keep? The spectrum of what would be "best" is wide given the variety of species that are "african cichlds".

My fronts get NLS and chopped shrimp (when I find it on sale).

My mbuna get mostly a quality spirulina flake and occasionally NLS (med pellet).

My haps get mostly NLS (large pellet) and occasionally larger spirulina flake and chopped shrimp.

My fry get ~50/50 NLS growth and crumbled spirulina flake.
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Re: Best Food
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2012, 09:09:34 PM »
I love Dainichi. Ive always heard that and spectrum are very similar. Along with that I use a mixture of kens flake food, live baby brine shrimp that i hatch, frozen blood worms and frozen brine shrimp.
If the fish are small I use mostly flake, baby brine, and ground up Dainichi (ground with coffee grinder).
Nothing but a few empty tanks.

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2012, 09:18:46 PM »
I keep Malawi and Victorian haps and a few species of mbuna. 

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2012, 10:12:02 PM »
The Dainichi with frozen blood worms and frozen brine shrimp is what I used for years on the same types of fish. For the dainichi I used a mixture of one of the veggie and one of the color enhancing formulas.
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Re: Best Food
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2012, 10:54:24 AM »
Hey GV, I read this post title and said a Cheese Burger!lol
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2012, 11:54:26 AM »
PIZZA

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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2012, 04:29:00 PM »
Haha.  I could see them eating that!

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2012, 08:27:16 PM »
Check out the new foods from Repashy Superfoods.  Especially the Soilent Green for mbuna.  You can see some videos and link to the ingredients (on the product pages) on my website:  http://tedsfishroom.com/repashy/

I sent some samples for your next meeting...

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2012, 01:29:45 AM »
That was for me not them!
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2012, 08:34:25 AM »
That was for me not them!

Wow how did I miss that! 

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2012, 10:48:18 AM »
Check out the new foods from Repashy Superfoods.  Especially the Soilent Green for mbuna.  You can see some videos and link to the ingredients (on the product pages) on my website:  http://tedsfishroom.com/repashy/

I sent some samples for your next meeting...

I have been using the Repashy for a little over a week now and seeing great results with new world juvis and fry.  Consistently full bellies for a week straight and no wasted food.   Takes away the need for feeding multiple times a day.
 
I have a 10% off coupon code I can share if anyone wants to order some from http://tedsfishroom.com/   Just send me a PM.

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2012, 04:29:28 PM »
Check out the new foods from Repashy Superfoods.  Especially the Soilent Green for mbuna.  You can see some videos and link to the ingredients (on the product pages) on my website:  http://tedsfishroom.com/repashy/

I sent some samples for your next meeting...

Are you referring to the GVAC meeting or MCA?

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2012, 06:21:26 PM »
He's referring to the Michigan Cichlid meeting March 2nd.  Gary Lange is coming to do a talk on Rainbowfish.

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Re: Best Food
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2012, 06:46:47 PM »
BACON!!!!!![/i][/b]


Sorry, all I read was the title: Best Food  :P
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