Size, colors, temperament, and preferences for water conditions vary widely among cichlids. And the same goes for their eating habits, although for the most part they are very greedy and they accept to eat foods of all kinds.
In fact, a great way to meet the basic nutrient needs of the majority of them is to feed them Nutrafin basix staple food in large flakes. Extremely tasty, these flakes contain many quality ingredients such as krill and plankton. This premium, easily digested food is enriched with essential vitamins; it promotes a resilient immune system.
In general, fish should have a varied diet that includes freeze-dried food such as mysids, tubifex worms and Nutrafin basix red maggots. Groundfish should be fed Nutrafin basix staple foods.
Feeding guidelines
Give the fish as much food as they can consume in two minutes.
Ingredients
Fish meal, yeast, krill meal, ground wheat, wheat germ oil (preserved with ethoxyquin), ground oats, ground rye, shrimp meal, plankton, potatoes, fish liver meal, cod meal, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D 3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B 12 supplement, folic acid, d-pantothenic acid, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of activity of vitamin C), inositol, biotin, niacin, ethoxyquin (preservative), carotene.
Guaranteed analysis
Available in 2 sizes
Nutrafin basix large flake staple food for cichlids, 85 g (3 oz) (a7132)
Nutrafin basix large flake staple food for cichlids, 170 g (6 oz) (A7134)
