Frozen foods

[aafjr2]

I know there is brine shrimp, spirunella brine shrip, and bloodworms... which will be better out of the three for my SA/CA cichlids? and whats the difference?

[mark razmandi]

imo just use pellets and the occasional blood worm treat

[aafjr2]

yeah i give it to them every now and then.. just wanted to know whats the difference in the 3

[imagirlgeek]

Bloodworms are Midge larva.

Brine Shrimp are, well, brine shrimp. Ever heard of Sea Monkeys? Same exact thing.

Brine shrimp spirulina is just brine shrimp with some spirulina mixed in. Spirulina is a type of algae. It's really good for your fish because it helps with digestion.

[FrontosaurusRex]

for my Discus I use a combo of all 3. The only problem with the frozen foods that I've found is that they can be messy, especially when you have larger fish to feed. I water change at the end of every night for this reason.

[aafjr2]

gracias for all the info.. water changes everyday?! guess i'll just do the frozen foods once a week along with the water changing schedule

[imagirlgeek]

For the record, I feed bloodworms, brine shrimp, daphnia, mysis shrimp, clams, and krill (all frozen) to various fish around the house and only do my weekly water changes. :)

[aafjr2]

various fish around the house?? im guessing that means multiple tanks haha

[imagirlgeek]

I didn't even realize how that sounded.

Yeah...various fish in various tanks around the house. )

[FrontosaurusRex]

for the record, the only reason i do daily water changes is because i'm growing Discus fry. But then again, I do 3 water changes a week on my Frontosa tank....lets just say i have a lot of free time on my hands.

[imagirlgeek]

Just wanted to make sure aafjr2 didn't think that frozen food automatically equaled daily water changes. IMO, it's always nice to have a few different perspectives.

[wesleydnunder]

Some other frozen foods that are good occasionally are frozen mosquito larvae, frozen beef heart, chopped earthworms, fish and shrimp. Frozen spinach is also good for many SA/CA cichlids.

Mark