After being told around that cichlids will enjoy pellet food rather than flake, I got a rather large container of "Omega One something something Cichlid Pellets *Made with FRESH SEAFOOD! -in a golden star-*" and gave it a whirl. I've been throwing it in my convicts tank and she gobbles it up in 2 seconds flat, which goes for anything that touches her water, including my fingers.
Then I throw a few pellets in the main tank with my firemouth with tropical flake food for my tetras and a bottom feeder tablet for the khulis and bristlenose.
He goes in for the flake food, then pecks at the cichlid pellet foods as they sink, but just spitting them out and going for more flakes, then he goes to the bottom and pecks at the bottom feeder tablet like its his favorite thing on earth.
Ultimately, the bottom feeders and a few tetras get his cichlid pellets, and he gets tetra food and left over bottom feeder food.
I'm kinda worried he's not getting the proper nutrients here, cause I guess he's having an identity crisis or something. Maybe he thinks he's a catfish.
otherwise, in regards to food, once a week I throw in a crumpled block of freeze dried brine shrimp as a treat, and then a few days later I throw in a few deshelled unsalted uncooked peas which he also seems to ignore. Both of which the convict gobbles up in 2 seconds in her tank, but like I said, she also tries to eat my fingers.
Is there anything else I can be doing in regards to the diet of my fish? What can do I do with my firemouth to make sure he's getting proper nutrients?
Thanks much.
Then I throw a few pellets in the main tank with my firemouth with tropical flake food for my tetras and a bottom feeder tablet for the khulis and bristlenose.
He goes in for the flake food, then pecks at the cichlid pellet foods as they sink, but just spitting them out and going for more flakes, then he goes to the bottom and pecks at the bottom feeder tablet like its his favorite thing on earth.
Ultimately, the bottom feeders and a few tetras get his cichlid pellets, and he gets tetra food and left over bottom feeder food.
I'm kinda worried he's not getting the proper nutrients here, cause I guess he's having an identity crisis or something. Maybe he thinks he's a catfish.
otherwise, in regards to food, once a week I throw in a crumpled block of freeze dried brine shrimp as a treat, and then a few days later I throw in a few deshelled unsalted uncooked peas which he also seems to ignore. Both of which the convict gobbles up in 2 seconds in her tank, but like I said, she also tries to eat my fingers.
Is there anything else I can be doing in regards to the diet of my fish? What can do I do with my firemouth to make sure he's getting proper nutrients?
Thanks much.
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