I'm feeding mine Prime Reef flake right now. It's supposed to have quite a bit of nutrition in it for all types of fish. I am having a little bit of trouble finding cichlid only flake though. With so many different times of cichlids in my tank, what's the best way to go about feeding them?

My venustus / livingstonii cichlid looks to be practicing his hunting skills, so I'm thinking of looking for some type of feeder fish. Not necessarily from the feeder tank, but perhaps spend a little more on a healthy snack. Of couse they would be quarantined for awhile to make sure they were ok.

I was thinking of putting a few guppies in a 10 gallon and letting them breed, but can they survive and breed in 8.3 water? Also, are 'rosy reds' good treats for cichlids?

What's the best option here? I'd love to feed them live fish, but I only want the best. I'm limited to a 10 gallon though.

Right now i'm feeding Tetra cichlid flakes and sticks, wardley spectra max flakes and pellets as well as wardley cichlid crumple, freeze dried krill and plankton. NLS pellets and algae waffer.

Haha I think I'll have to print that off. Should I just use the Tetra Cichlid Flake and Sticks? I have some wardley shrimp pellets, but my fish don't seem to like them. Does it provide good, all around nutrition?

What's your opinion on live fish?

Nope. -_-

My Oscars get the occasional guppy. They love them.

I feed a variety of foods to all my fish...not necessarily all at once. ;)

Nutrifin Max Complete Flake Food - Primarily for Swordtails, Platy's, Danios, Rasboras

HBH Veggie Wafers - soaked and broken up in smaller pieces - for all my fish

Wardley Spirulina Discs - soaked and broken up in smaller pieces - for all my fish

Pro Balance Sinking Sticks - they don't sink, so I soak them and flatten them a bit - Primarily for the Cichlids, but the other fish will eat it too

Topfin Shimp Pellets - Primarily for the Catfish

Tetramin Tropical Granules - My Firemouth and Catfish seem to like these. It came with the Nano tank

Tetramin Freeze-dried bloodworms - For the Danios, Platy's, Swordtails and Rasboras

Hikari Crab Cuisine - Primarily for the snails

San Francisco Bay Brand Frozen Beef Heart - primarily for the Cichlids, Catfish and ADF

San Francisco Bay Brand Frozen Bloodworms - primarily for the Cichlids and Catfish

San Francisco Bay Brand Frozen Brine Shrimp - all my fish will eat this and the other frozen foods below, especially the Cichlids and the Catfish

San Francisco Bay Brand Frozen Green Cuisine

San Francisco Bay Brand Frozen Plankton

Yeah I forgot to mention that all freeze dryed and frozen food if San Fransico bay also.

Hikari Gold is the absolute best "commonly available" cichlid staple available.

As for feeders...Breed Convicts. They are more prolific than most livebearers and are more nutritious.

Algae discs... Wardley shrimp pellets... "Flake Frenzy"... Zucchini, bloodworms. :P