Feeding frozen foods - Aquarium Advice

tampa · 02-16-2007, 11:10 PM

I have two African tanks one with Mbuna and the other with Peacocks/Haps. I like to vary their foods and feed them 2X a day. Every so often I like to give them a frozen food treat. Which is good for them and which frozen foods are bad between brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, blood worms, krill etc?. Their "regular" foods are NLS and spirulina (veggie flakes)

Gillie · 02-17-2007, 03:55 AM

Brineshrimp is probably safest. It contains lower amounts of meaty protiens than the other choices, meaty protiens are a main cause of Malawi bloat

O ALX O · 02-17-2007, 07:04 AM

I feed my mbuna and peacocks krill as a treat.

maxwell1295 · 02-17-2007, 10:24 PM

I would't feed Mbuna anything other than NLS, a good spirulina or veggie flake (I like Omega One Kelp Veggie Flakes), and fresh veggies. There is no need to feed them any meaty foods. Mysis shrimp and krill are fine for raising fry though. BTW, most frozen foods are about 90% moisture and have seemingly no useful nutritional value.

Marconis · 02-17-2007, 10:36 PM

I was going to buy mine frozen brine shrimp, but maxwell you just changed my mind.

02-16-2007, 11:10 PM	#1
tampa Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 19	Feeding frozen foods I have two African tanks one with Mbuna and the other with Peacocks/Haps. I like to vary their foods and feed them 2X a day. Every so often I like to give them a frozen food treat. Which is good for them and which frozen foods are bad between brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, blood worms, krill etc?. Their "regular" foods are NLS and spirulina (veggie flakes)

02-17-2007, 03:55 AM	#2
Gillie Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Romeo, Michigan Posts: 454	Brineshrimp is probably safest. It contains lower amounts of meaty protiens than the other choices, meaty protiens are a main cause of Malawi bloat __________________ Phil

02-17-2007, 07:04 AM	#3
O ALX O Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Albuquerque N.M. Posts: 115 Images: 1	I feed my mbuna and peacocks krill as a treat. __________________ --Alex--

02-17-2007, 10:24 PM	#4
maxwell1295 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 887 Images: 7	I would't feed Mbuna anything other than NLS, a good spirulina or veggie flake (I like Omega One Kelp Veggie Flakes), and fresh veggies. There is no need to feed them any meaty foods. Mysis shrimp and krill are fine for raising fry though. BTW, most frozen foods are about 90% moisture and have seemingly no useful nutritional value. __________________ 125G Mostly Malawi Tank 75G Malawi Mbuna 7G Office MiniBow 125 Gallon Mixed African Thread, 75 Gallon Mixed Malawi Thread

02-17-2007, 10:36 PM	#5
Marconis Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 848 Images: 4	I was going to buy mine frozen brine shrimp, but maxwell you just changed my mind. __________________ Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.

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