Re: Brightening up convicts

[Jim Brown]

The colour may become better as they age and mature.
But what do you have to lose by trying other foods? It seems to be working
for other fish, and a single item diet is never a good idea in long range
maintenance.

Jim

Wellman > wrote in message
.. .
> My convict cichlids that were born on February 7th are brown instead of
> green. Both parents are green with black stripes. Is there some food I
can
> feed them to make them prettier? What do you suggest? At the moment I'm
> only feeding them Wardley's Cichlid flake food. I had the same problem
with
> my blue gouramis so I bought them f-d tubifex worms and bloodworms and
> they're becoming more blue.
>
> Martin
>
>

[Jaroslav Vopalensky]

> My convict cichlids that were born on February 7th are brown instead of
> green. Both parents are green with black stripes. Is there some food I
can
> feed them to make them prettier? What do you suggest? At the moment I'm
> only feeding them Wardley's Cichlid flake food. I had the same problem
with
> my blue gouramis so I bought them f-d tubifex worms and bloodworms and
> they're becoming more blue.
>
> Martin
>

I think they'll color up a little over time, but you'll get the best colours
from convicts only when they're mature and breeding...

--
J.