Natural Foods

mec102778 · 02-23-2011, 10:45 AM

I always see people commenting on giving fish natural foods like zucinni or peas after blanching them. Is there anything like this thats good for african cichlids? Mostly feeding them flakes and cichlid sticks.

NeonShark666 · 02-23-2011, 01:13 PM

African Cichlids eat all kinds of raw foods. They like live earthworms, frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp, baby guppies and mosquito wrigglers.

mec102778 · 02-23-2011, 01:44 PM

Sweet, I'm going to have to look into some live foods to give them as treats.

susankat · 02-23-2011, 02:05 PM

Actually that would depend on the african, most from lake Malawi and Lake Victoria needs more veggie matter in their diet as to much protien can cause bloat.

mec102778 · 02-23-2011, 02:43 PM

Well the cichlids I have in the tank are: Kribensis-2, Bumblebee-2, Red Zebra-2, Elec. Yel. Labi.-2, Acei-2, Elec. Blu. Johanni-2 (as labeled by the pet store).

I would only use it as treats for the fish and me while I am watching.

snail · 02-24-2011, 02:08 PM

Just don't overdo it because these types of food are messy and add a much bigger bioload, your fish will love you though!

verdifer · 02-24-2011, 02:29 PM

I gave my freshwater fish fish veggies but I never blanched it, they ate it up no probs, I would put it in at night before I went to bed and removed it the next morning or in the afternoon to save it from going all mushy and all over the place.

dirtydutch4x · 02-24-2011, 02:34 PM

I have made this for my SA cichlids and they loved it as did my Largemouth Bass and Blue gills A Q U A C O N_________________Fish

here are a few more I have not tried these thougth
Cichlid Food Recipes

mec102778 · 02-24-2011, 04:01 PM

Thanks DD just what I was looking for!

jyy · 02-24-2011, 04:30 PM

I feed my aro's beef heart on occasion

susankat · 02-24-2011, 06:54 PM

I feed a lot of home made food also. But with less protein as most of my fish are veggie eaters.

mec102778 · 02-24-2011, 07:46 PM

Mostly just looking for alternatives I can give them on ocassion as a treat instead of always feeding them the store bought stuff.

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NeonShark666 Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 806 Name: Jim Location: Salem, Oregon Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 78 Times Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 247 Times in 237 Posts	Re: Natural Foods African Cichlids eat all kinds of raw foods. They like live earthworms, frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp, baby guppies and mosquito wrigglers.

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