On 26 Dec 2004 13:32:51 GMT, Deepseafisher
-DONTEMAIL wrote:

Also another consideration with mbuna is Malawi bloat. Its fatal and is
caused by too much protein. You are supposed to avoid live foods, and
feed a high concentration of vegetable matter. I have 6 yellow labs,
and every time I put any kind of vegetable in the tank, they go
absolutely nuts over it. Everything I have read on the subject is to
feed them once a day, and skip feeding them once a week to help prevent
them from contracting bloat. How big are they? Had any breed? My labs
just started breeding recently and its a pretty exciting thing. What
kind are you keeping?

Mbuna should be fed more often than once a day. They really should
have small amounts frequently. Almost all Mbuna are algae eaters and
continuously scrape it off the rocks. Growing good algae in tanks
isn't easy.

I don't know what your "labs" are. If they are Labidochromis they also
eat the "live" food that lives in the algae. If they are Labeotropheus
their diet is almost 100% algae so they will live very well on a
vegetarian food.

Just a few of the Mbuna have weird diets and need to be handled more
carefully.


Steve
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