what are your cichlids' favorite veggies?

[christine2012]

Looking to supplement my wet pets diet with some good old earth food. What are your favorites?

 

[HUKIT]

All my fish eat their veggies in pellet form.

 

[5x5]

Looking to supplement my wet pets diet with some good old earth food. What are your favorites?

If you are lucky enough to get all your fish eating high quality pellets like New Life Spectrum, I would do that almost exclusively and wouldn't bother with actual vegtables.

NLS makes flakes and Wafers for Omnivore/Herbivore diets.

 

[chagoi]

I boil a pound of peas for my Koi. Then take a handfull pop the shell off and feed to my Harps & Peacocks. They love them but may not need them.

 

[Borderlesscott]

Boiled garden peas - go mad for them, and courgette seems to be a hit with the smaller ones.

 

[christine2012]

I do enjoy watching them eat fresh veggies so I will probably always do that but I will look for the NLS! Peas and cucumbers are all my guys have tried so far, just seeing what works and what doesn't. Thanks!

 

[Darklight]

Mine go mad for baby spinach! I just bunch a few leaves together and secure them together with a plant weight at the bottom. Just drop into tank, instant spinach tree

 

[Cichlid Kid]

+1 on the baby spinach. Mine also like romaine lettuce and kale.

 

[christine2012]

Mine go mad for baby spinach! I just bunch a few leaves together and secure them together with a plant weight at the bottom. Just drop into tank, instant spinach tree

Oooh, baby spinach is good for everyone. Will do

 

[christine2012]

So what are some things to avoid? I realize the starch in potatoes Ans corn would probably cloud really bad. Anything else?

 

[paytertot]

Do you think they'd eat broccoli? Lol

 

[christine2012]

Do you think they'd eat broccoli? Lol

Idk but I'd like to find out

 

[Freakgecko91]

Okay, so I'm a reptile nut at heart, so take this as you will. Spinach is known to have properties to it that bind with calcium and make it unabsorbable, so it's not recommend for several omnivorous and herbivorous reptiles, like bearded dragons and most tortoises. Not sure if it's the same for fish, but just throwing that out there

 

[paytertot]

I thought about buying seaweed from the sushi shop one time but I wasn't sure about it

 

[christine2012]

Okay, so I'm a reptile nut at heart, so take this as you will. Spinach is known to have properties to it that bind with calcium and make it unabsorbable, so it's not recommend for several omnivorous and herbivorous reptiles, like bearded dragons and most tortoises. Not sure if it's the same for fish, but just throwing that out there

I do remember that from having beardies, good point.

 

[bigbanker]

Lettuce, squash, peas, broccoli and cauliflower.

Word of caution : I've found it is easy to feed too much with veggies. Careful with the excess.

 

[joel618]

Mine like peas the best. They will nibble at cucumber and squash but swarm the peas.