Customer Reviews:
 Complete Nutrition for a Cichlid February 20, 2008
citan-uzuki (Georgia, USA)
I have been keeping Cichlids for over thirty years now. Over those many years, I've been feeding a variety of flake, pellet, frozen, live, and freeze-dried foods. I've also managed to avoid the temptation to overcrowd my fish tanks, most of the time. My cleaning routine has been good enough to enable me to keep such exotics as the Pike Cichlids (Crenicichla) and the Compressed Cichlids (Compressiceps) healthy. Even so, despite my best efforst, I have had a few cichlids that have gotten the dreaded Hole-In-the-Head disease.
I have sold most of my fish. I am now only keeping a pair of Hemichromis Elongatus, a male Blue Dempsey, and an Ornate Bichir. They are all in separate tanks. The Bichir is eleven years old. The cichlids are two year olds. I was looking for a fish food that would enhance the blue colors on the Dempsey. A fellow hobbyist on Aquacentral recommended New Life Spectrum. The Dempsey is now two years old. He looks magnificent and healthy. No signs of Hole-In-The-Head. All the other fish are also healthy. I would have to give part of the credit to New Life Spectrum. This is the primary food that I give this fish. I do feed frozen shrimp and beef heart occasionally. But for the most part, this is his steady diet.
The male Jewel cichlid will not eat the NLS pellet. I ordered the small size pellet. This one is very, very particular. When I got this fish,it would only eat live foods. But, I have now been able to get it to accept Hikari's Sinking Carnivore. And that is all it will accept. I may try the NLS Finicky Fish formula to see it he will accept that.
The female Jewel and the Bichir both accept NLS. Their colors are bright and vivid, relative to their species. The Bichir will probably outlive me.
In any case, I recommend this fish food. It is revolutionary in that it is the only food you will need for your fish. I believe that for most fish, like my Blue Dempsey, they can be maintained on a steady diet of this fish food. The inventor of NLS, Mr. Pablo Tepoot, is a well-known expert on Cichlids. He has published photo books on the Cichlids of Africa. He also owns a fish farm. I trust his expertise. I have corresponded with him, via his website, and talked about fish food. He has said that the Spirulina algae in the fish food is what will enhance the blue colors on my Dempsey. So far, the fish is very blue indeed.
I bought the 1mm size pellet because my fish were small at the time. But, for any cichlid over 2" in total lenght, that may be too small. They will probably enjoy a larger pellet more. And the pellets do sink. If you have gravel in your tank, pick a larger pellet size to keep the food from sinking below the substrate.
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