LostInFish
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I'm looking to grow my African cichlids to adult size ASAP. What works best?
I was told that more water changes helps also but I didn't know if u can feed heavily and extra water changes would grow them faster then normal. I overheard the LFS girl saying she could grow Africans out in 6months. So that got me curious to see if and how. Or to see if anyone has had experience in this.View attachment 213117
Well you want to keep the tank clean, but too many water changes can stress your fish out. Feeding more could cause more problems than it would solve, more food means more waste, which means more waterchanges, so i guess thats where she got the waterchanges from ?
Then obviously you know more than i do about your fishy friends sorry i couldn't be of more help
I got my cichlids when they were just 1-1.5 inches. I feed them NLS african cichlid formula two times a day and they have almost tripled in size in just 5 months.
If only it were that easy! Unfortunately fish keeping is not like professional sports...:/I wish it was that easy to grow them. Just juice them up with eggs
Mixed diet and water changes. Blood worms and flakes made mine grow to about 5 to 6 inches in a month
Zeyyy ahhrrrr arnolddd cichlids! Get in zee chahhpahhhhWhat kind of cichlids do you have that grow 5-6in in a month?