African Chiclid Feeding For My Tank?

[MikeD67]

Ok I use to breed bettas so im not real new to having fish for a hobby I have recently decided to stop breeding bettas for awhile and turn my 30 gal tank into a aggressive tank ( was being used for grow out tank for bettas). I completely drained cleaned tank including rocks I let the tank go thru its cycles fishless. I then went to the fish store baught 4 plants and also got rocks for decor. After another 3 weeks of letting the plants and rocks be in the tank I then went to the store and starting looking at fish I like aggresive so when i seen these fish being feed goldfish and the size they were i had to get some but since my tank is only 30 gal i didnt buy the big african chiclids i actually got 4 Chiclids that are about 2 1/2 inch long and i also got a Placo now i know my tank cant support this many fish that get 6-8 inch long but i already have planned in my budget to get a 55 gal tank in 2 months and I should have that much time i figure 55 gal tank in 2 months 6 weeks to cycle the fish should last that long in the 30 gal.Now the delima i am facing is I feed 2 times a day once in the morning and once at night. I feed them Hykari's Cichlid Gold baby pellets floating type.To me this seems like plenty of food but these little guys are also eating my live plants which i know they also eat plants but im scared of them over feeding Should i cut feeding down to 1 time a day then let them just feed on plants in mean time when they get litle hungry or should i keep up with 2 daily feedings?

Also by the way the Cichlids i have are i have 2 I think there called Mbuna ( black with a real bright pretty blue stripes) and the other 2 are bright yellow with black stripes i got male and female of both species.

 

[MEePStER]

feeding will be fine they need roughage for their diet,

if the fish looks like the one in my avatar then you will be having some problems in the near future
if they are this might help but they are probably the most aggressive mbuna out there not recommended for beginners:
http/www.fishforums.net/Melanochromis-Auratus-t188436.html

 

[MikeD67]

feeding will be fine they need roughage for their diet,

if the fish looks like the one in my avatar then you will be having some problems in the near future
if they are this might help but they are probably the most aggressive mbuna out there not recommended for beginners:
http/www.fishforums.net/Melanochromis-Auratus-t188436.html

Actually yea my female Mbuna is the one u have for a pic my male is black with neon blue stripes very pretty. these two were kept in same tank at store and lady said they went together why will i have problems? Ok after looking at ur link i have a male and female electric yellow and i deffinetley have a female Melanchromis Auratus and im not so sure my male is a Melanchromis it may be a electric blue Johani after looking at pics i am going to try to take a pic and up load it of that male im not sure about.

 

[MEePStER]

ok, it sounds like your other one is a johanni i have 3 juvi auratus about 1 1/2 inchs 1 male and 2 females in a 30 gallon alone they have killed everything i have tried to put in there so far my pleco that was in there has almost no fins left its really sad.

 

[MikeD67]

ok, it sounds like your other one is a johanni i have 3 juvi auratus about 1 1/2 inchs 1 male and 2 females in a 30 gallon alone they have killed everything i have tried to put in there so far my pleco that was in there has almost no fins left its really sad.

Looks as if there leaving my pleco alone for now i have them a week but i have noticed my male blue Johanni Chases the female Melanchromus Auratus everytime she shows her face in the open but he leaves the electric yellows alone.

 

[MEePStER]

you might want to watch that, its not recommended to keep more then one species of melanochromis because of aggression and cross breeding