live food for africans?

On 06 Aug 2003 21:28:16 GMT, (Zimm44) wrote:

I know that Africans of Lake Malawi should eat a diet of predominantly alga or
vegetable based food to avoid bloat. My question is whether anyone has
suggestions or advice on feeding blood worms and other live foods to them as a
supplement/conditioning food? Any advice? I just bought some frozen blood
worms. My frontosas in the other tank love them. Are they good for Mbuna?

Most of the common Lake Malawi cichlids are Mbuna and most Mbuna are
algae eater. As such they should be fed on algae or other vegetable
foods. However, some Mbuna are not algae eaters and many Malawi other
than Mbuna have totally different food requirements. Malawi cichlids
vary from microplankton eaters to super efficient predators and so a
general diet does not exist.

Frontosas will do well on pellets with some fresh live food but the
amount of blood worm should be restricted. Adult frontosa would eat
blood worm by the pound if they could get it but it's not a good diet.


Steve

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Thanks Steve. I hear ya on the predator thing. My comprecisseps are in constant
lunge for the smaller fish in the Malawi tank. It's scary to watch their
stealth and speed. Anyway is there a type of live food you would suggest as a
treat or conditioning food instead of blood worms? Any tricks to encourage
breeding?

Zim