For many beginners, the fact that they think fish farming is easy is completely wrong. African cichlid fish will not develop properly if you use common fish food in your diet and you have to understand that it is not really easy to breed them. Not all African cichlids need the same diet. By observing the feeding routine, we can affirm that we are dealing with four main classes of African cichlid fish. The 4 types of African cichlid fish are omnivores, herbivores, micro-predators, and carnivores.

You should know that a species that consumes meat can also consume plants and also vice versa. The problem is that it does not have to be expired. When raising omnivorous African cichlids, for example, a diet more suitable for a carnivorous group can be made use of and the fish must survive for various periods of time even though it will eventually fall ill. Before even buying your fish, you need to know what to feed them.

In most cases, cichlid flake food is excellent for most cichlids, although it is recommended to read the ingredient list before feeding. Take note of foods that contain various fats and fishmeal. Avoid any type of meat that comes from warm-blooded animals. Live or frozen fish could be used as food for cichlids even if the African cichlid does not present it as a main diet. If you breed cichlids that stand out as carnivores, you can use vegetation-based flake foods in conjunction with brine shrimp and / or krill supplements.

In case the African cichlid fish shows a yellow, reddish or orange coloration, it will be necessary to feed it with food with a lot of pigmentation. A really simple technique to test for sufficient pigmentation is to evaluate the food. The fish loses color if this is not the case.

Apart from the aforementioned facts, another aspect is equally fundamental. Many newbies tend to overfeed fish. Cichlids don’t really need a lot of food, as some people believe. Provided that the overfeeding of the fish can simply die. Only use an amount that the fish can eat in half a minute at each feeding session and simply feed the fish three times regularly at most. This is really broad.