Jaguar cichlids

[Conneralbrecht]

I just got my jag today. Ive seen many different things to feed them on the internet. Just wondering what all of you feed yours.

 

[DreD]

Shrimp, romain lettuce, and hikari cichlids pellets.

You can feed them blood worms as well, and ghost shrimp.

I'm not sure if it's safe, but I plan on feeding my cichlids fry as I'm expecting my live bearers to breed a lot.

 

[HUKIT]

I would use a pellet for a staple food like New Life Spectrum or Hikari's Biogold is great to then feed weekly treats like prawns,fruit,veggies,bloodworms,nightcrawlers and the list goes on and on but I would stay away from feeders and live food due to possible disease( unless you grow and gutfeed your own) and stick with a good quality pellet.

 

[Conneralbrecht]

Im currently feeding him guppies that ive had in my smaller tank for a number of months. Will it be hard to get him to take pellet food? Any tips i should know?

 

[DreD]

I've never had a probable with pellets. Cichlids eat usually eat whatever can fit in their mouths-like most fish.

 

[HUKIT]

Im currently feeding him guppies that ive had in my smaller tank for a number of months. Will it be hard to get him to take pellet food? Any tips i should know?

Don't feed them anything else if they refuse pellets then after a couple days of not eating they'll have no problem with the pellets.

 

[Conneralbrecht]

Bloodworms are more of like a treat food correct?

 

[Chunkanese]

Yes blood worms are a treat don't over do it due to the fact of high protein it can give them bloat.