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I have a spare 10 gallon tank and Im thinking of raising something to feed to my cichlids. I've never done anything like this before, so I'm hoping to get some direction. Whats the best for them? What do you do? Any ideas, or suggestions are appreciated!
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90 gallon reef: Softies, LPS, Shrooms, Gobies, Mandarin Goby, Sailfin, Hippo, damsels, Clowns
55 Gallon: Yellow Lab, Electric Blue, Albino Zebra, Yellow tail Acei, Cobalt Blue
40 Gallon: Demasoni Breeding Colony
30 Gallon: Grow out fry tank
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What kind of cichlids?210gPetrochromis Macrognatus Green 'Nsumbu
125g Mdoka White Lip
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Assorted... Yellow labs, Albino Zebras, Red Zebras, Arautus, electric blues, etc.90 gallon reef: Softies, LPS, Shrooms, Gobies, Mandarin Goby, Sailfin, Hippo, damsels, Clowns
55 Gallon: Yellow Lab, Electric Blue, Albino Zebra, Yellow tail Acei, Cobalt Blue
40 Gallon: Demasoni Breeding Colony
30 Gallon: Grow out fry tank
10 Gallon: Fry TankComment
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Not sure why you want to feed those fish high protein diets. Bloat is actually "Malawi Bloat". Those fish don't have larger mouths like carnivorous fish so I would use something small. Actually mosquito larvae might be a good option if you can quarantine them. Other than that, I would use ghost or grass shrimp.210gPetrochromis Macrognatus Green 'Nsumbu
125g Mdoka White Lip
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Re: Good live food for cichlids?
If you're looking for live food that will reproduce in that 10gal I would suggest Red Cherry Shrimp. They breed like roaches and are small enough for those cichlids to eat.
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Re: Good live food for cichlids?
+1 on protein bit. You usually want to stray away from high protein foods with Malawi cichlids. They usually end up with "Malawi Bloat" when fed high protein foods. I wouldn't do ghost shrimp since they need brackish/saltwater to reproduce or our ditches for some reason.Originally posted by moganman View Post
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Good info, thanks. I was just thinking of spoiling them a little bit....90 gallon reef: Softies, LPS, Shrooms, Gobies, Mandarin Goby, Sailfin, Hippo, damsels, Clowns
55 Gallon: Yellow Lab, Electric Blue, Albino Zebra, Yellow tail Acei, Cobalt Blue
40 Gallon: Demasoni Breeding Colony
30 Gallon: Grow out fry tank
10 Gallon: Fry TankComment
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Re: Good live food for cichlids?
Red cherry shrimp is easy to keep, breed, and maintain. They're usually .50-2.00 each. I wouldn't pay more than $1 each.
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Honestly, catch some of those big mosquito hawks that are flying around right now and throw them in the tank. They love that!65G African Tank (1 Ropefish, 1 Senegal Bichir, 3 Spotted Climbing Pearch, 2 Black Calvus "Zebra", 1 Featherfin Cat, African Knife, 2 Upside down Cats and an African Butterfly Fish.
30G "The Mudhole" 3 African Mudskippers (Periophthalmus barbarus)
20G 4 Longfin Zebra Danio, 2 Julii Cory, 2 Bolivian Ram, 1 Stripped Raphael and 3 Glass Cats.Comment
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