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Erich

10-21-2002, 07:31 AM

Erich

10-21-2002, 07:32 AM

they are about 1.5 inch
perhaps too small to take vegie??

Rudy

10-21-2002, 07:50 AM

Why don't you try spirulina and vegatable flakes to get them used to the taste. Your fish might be just picky. What kinds of fish do you have?

Another trick is to starve them for a couple of days and they will eat anything.

Erich

10-21-2002, 12:36 PM

thanks, i will try that, i didn't know there is such thing as vegie flakes.
They are red zebra, a livingstoni, and i don't know the remaining one.
The name is too long.... :oops:

SGypsyMermaid

10-21-2002, 01:40 PM

'kensfish' has excellent food and good prices. he has some nice mixes of spirulina and shrimp, krill, etc. also some other veggie flakes.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?food

M_sfan87

10-21-2002, 04:37 PM

just chop it up into real tiny places. :D Or try veggie pellets.

jonah

10-21-2002, 07:02 PM

i read something on the internet saying that vegetation is an important diet for the color of some of my africian cichlid, they suggested spinach and lettce..i tried both, but my fishes are not swallowing them :(

Are you blanching them? The vegetables have to be blanched with hot water or frozen for several hours in the freezer before you use them. It breaks down the cellulose in the plants so they can digest them. I use romaine lettuce and zuchinni.

Or you could just buy spirulina flakes. Or you could add hornwort to the tank. My Africans love to eat it.

CichlidPete

10-23-2002, 05:09 PM

'kensfish' has excellent food and good prices. he has some nice mixes of spirulina and shrimp, krill, etc. also some other veggie flakes.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?food

SGM, Have you been using this? He is in my area. Here is a direct link to Ken's site. http://www.kenmenard.net/

SGypsyMermaid

10-23-2002, 07:16 PM

thanks, pete! :D

catfishes

10-28-2002, 09:45 PM

I like Ad Konigs Cichlid Formula (frozen cubes) for veggie suppliments. There are also dried algae packages that you can feed to your fish in a feeding clip (brand name escapes me right now, but will get back to you with it), or spirulina flakes/pellets/waiffers. Aquadine, Hikari and Sera all put out good products that are low in lipid content. My fish gobble it right up.

Erich

11-01-2002, 01:23 PM

thanks alot for all the useful information.
I havent gone online for a few days.

Thanks
Erich