Cichlid Food

[Duz]

Hi everyone,
 
I know Malawi cichlids need low amounts of protein and higher amounts of algae/plant matter, but I was wondering what everyone feeds their Malawi cichlids/synodontis. 
 
I've used NTlabs Pro-f Cichlid Green 33 food before and it brings out their colours brilliantly. However, it's expensive (approx £8 for 100ml or £40 for 1kg) and seems to go down really quickly. 
 
Has anyone used JBL Novo Malawi, it's a bit cheaper and I'm thinking it might last a bit longer. 
 
What ever I'm going to buy, I'm going to buy it in a large amount, as the fish will eventually go through it. 

 

[james41683]

Never used the jbl stuff. New life spectrum is a good choice and you can purchase it in larger containers.

 

[Duz]

Never used the jbl stuff. New life spectrum is a good choice and you can purchase it in larger containers.

 
That stuff looks quite good. The only thing I don't like about the NT labs food is that none of it sinks, so any fish lower down tend to avoid getting anything. 

 

[Mark43]

i used too NTlabs green 33 and it's enough

 

[Demeter32]

I've taken to the Cobalt brands, I have 2 kinds of sinking pellets and then spirulina flakes. I love their heaters too.

The fish were a bit confused by the rod shaped pellets at first, but now they scarf them down with no problems. They get a mix of the two kinds of pellets, which I decided to break into smaller pieces as they were too long for my juveniles. I mainly use the flakes for the fry and smaller fish. It's pretty expensive, but I think it's worth it. I can probably buy the stuff a lot cheaper on line but I feel it's better to support your local pet stores


As for size, here's a tooth pick with the spirulina pellets on the left and the other pellets on the right.