@steez, really thanx for the info. Yup it's a 78g tank(42x18x24) I hav another 125g. But its in cycling state. So I keep all 4 of my buddies here. But wil shift a couple soon.I never feed my oscars feeder gold fish. But feed blood worm several times. I googled for a good healthy and balance pellet & I've decide to buy the hikari cichlid bio gold. Actually NLS isn't very easily available over here. Thanx again