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Foods/Feeding/Nutrition
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Convict Cichlids... And Nemo! Feeding 12/28/06
Hey there, WWM! I emailed you back in June, maybe July about my little Red
Zebra Cichlid, Nemo. He had the 'incident' with a Cobalt Blue Zebra, and had no
fins, and a huge infection. He made it through all that, thanks to your help, as
I've probably told you. THANK YOU SO MUCH! He is now roughly 4 inches, I think
he's fully grown now. He is full of health, and still living alone in a 10
gallon. He seems happy. I've just switched him over to Tetra Cichlid flakes,
since he won't eat anything else but flakes. He won't touch pellets at all.
Nothing but flakes. I had been feeding him TetraMin flakes, but was looking for
some Cichlid flakes. All I'd found was Wardley's Cichlid flakes, and they didn't
seem too high quality,
<Agreed... they're products are bunk nutritionally>
and plus the food was expired. (Eww, bleh! Wal-Mart needs to check their
expiration dates more often.)
<IMO they need to get out of the aquatic trade period, be ignored by consumers.
Yes>
Anyways, he seems to like the new food just fine, which is a huge relief. One of
my questions was this. Would he have been better off with the TetraMin tropical
flakes? Or will the Tetra Cichlid flakes be better for him?
<I would alternate between these>
He won't even touch frozen foods. He's that bad. But I still love the little
guy. He's almost dog-like, and won't come out of hiding unless I'm around. But
enough of my rambling. On to the real reason I emailed.
I am considering Convict Cichlids. I have a new 20 gallon tank, with a filter
(AquaTech 20-40 gallon) and a heater, lid, and all the rest of the equipment. I
also have some plastic plants, and a large piece of driftwood. I was wondering,
how many Convicts should I get?
<Two, three...>
I would love a mated pair, but I've heard that they don't ever want to stop
making babies. I don't want that. I was thinking maybe just one, but would it
get lonely?
<Mmm, no... will imprint on you... be fine by itself>
And could two males or two females live together?
<Yes>
And what kinds of fish can live with convicts anyway?
<In a twenty... a sturdy armored (versus "naked" species) catfish perhaps>
All the websites I've found labeled them as the rabbits of the fish world, and
axe-wielding homicidal maniacs.
<Heeeeeee!>
I didn't find very much consistency in any of them, and I am even more confused.
Thank you so much in advance for your help and I shall send along a picture of
Nemo eventually! He's gotten very pretty, I must say, for having no fins a few
months ago. :)
Zhara Zorgon
<Thank you for this update, sharing your enthusiasm. Bob Fenner>
Re: Convict Cichlids...And Nemo! 12/29/06
Thank you so much for your help! I just had a few more questions regarding
Convict Cichlids...
I was wondering, if I did keep two males or two females together, would they
fight?
<Possibly, yes>
I tried several times to put one or two other African Cichlids in with Nemo, but
that never worked out, no matter what the gender was.
<Mmm, no... most African Cichlid species offered to aquarists are too aggressive
to mix with Neotropicals>
I know there's a difference between African Cichlids and Convict Cichlids, but
are they as aggressive towards their own species?
<Yes>
And what would they eat? I was told Tetra Cichlid flakes...
Thanks again!
Zhara Zorgon
<Please read here:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/cichlids.htm
and the linked files (in blue), where you lead yourself. Bob Fenner>
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Cichlids, feeding fish
-02/20/08
Hello I am new to keeping cichlids, I recently bought a convict about 1 and
a half inches long and on the second day I fed her floating cichlid pellets and
she would not eat. I was wondering what to do?
Thanks mark
<Try something else. Convict cichlids eat insect larvae, so go buy a pack of
frozen (not freeze dried) bloodworms. They will enjoy those. Floating cichlid
pellets aren't a terribly good staple diet anyway because they tend to cause
constipation if used alone. As well as wet frozen bloodworms, you could also try
krill and chopped seafood of various types (prawn, clam, squid). Some people
have success using freeze-dried foods but in over 20 years of fishkeeping I have
yet to own a fish that enjoyed them! Hence I recommend the wet frozen foods you
store in the freezer. All fishes go wild for these! Cheers, Neale.>
Re: feeding fish
-02/20/08
Thank you so much today I will go buy some frozen blood worms today. And
would they like brine shrimp?
<Quite possibly. Though none of my fish seem to like frozen brine shrimps, and
never have done. So I'd buy a small package and try them out first if I was you.
Cheers, Neale.>
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