Feeding multi's

[ajp1488]

I have a school of 9 multi's.I am looking for some feeding suggestions.I am currently feeding NLS all purpose.What else can I feed.
Thanks

[toddnbecka]

They'll eat just about anything, what other fish are in the tank?

[ajp1488]

They are in with demasoni,yellow labs,fuelleborni,and afras.I have a lot of rockwork.Tank is a 180 with a 40 gal sump

[toddnbecka]

Mbuna can't handle too much protein in their diet, or they'll develop bloat. The NLS African Cichlid diet is better than the general purpose formula. Spirulina-based flake would also be good, some frozen bloodworms or brine shrimp 1-2 times a week for variety.
I hope you have at least 10-12 demasoni, smaller numbers of them don't work long-term.

[ajp1488]

I have roughly 20 demasoni.I feed the NLs african cichlid mix,spirulina flake, and frozen brine.

[toddnbecka]

Sounds good, you shouldn't have any diet-related problems with the fish. The only other thing I feed my fish are the frozen bloodworms, they like those better than the brine shrimp. I do culture microworms for my L. multi's and Paracyp's, since they are both producing fry. Bloodworms/adult brine are too large for the fry, and the microworms live much longer in the tank than baby brine shrimp. Even the adults eat the microworms, though I do feed flakes as well.

[ajp1488]

thanks for the info