"Elaine T" wrote in message
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Samuel Warren wrote:
Okay, I added 6 Black Neon Tetras and sure enough the cichlids came out
from
hiding. So the dither fish idea worked.

I also started to feed the cichlids some Tetra-Min "Crisps", they seem
to
enjoy that very much. I have krill, dry blood worms, algae tablets,
flake
food, frozen blood worms, frozen brine shrimp and some frozen Veggies
from
feeding my community tank, so I think I should be able to vary their
diet.
The cichlids are still too small to consume the Tetras, but if they
should
ever do that is the way of nature.


I wanted to reinforce what Tim said since you've posted about feding
high-protein foods again. Mbuna are herbivores and get bloated and die
if fed high protein foods. Don't feed krill, bloodworms or brine
shrimp. Even the Tetra-Min crisps aren't intended for these fish. To
keep them healthy, feed algae-based foods or specialty foods made for
specifically for mbuna.

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Just bought my first Mbuna's (Yellow Labs) for my new tank yesterday and LFS
suggested Spirulina Cichlid Sticks, Daphinia, krill, brine shrimp and
cucumber which kind of ties in with the research that I did. He told me to
totally avoid any bloodworms etc.

Now confused......