Are NewEra a good brand for cichlid pellets?

dont know them but would go past hikari cichlid gold

What would be best for accelerating the colour growth of my GT's?

as above, the best by far. well everyone uses them and not heard any complants, got to vary there diet tho, live protien, veg, pellets,

They are about 2" atm, im feeding them king british flakes atm, I only got them today. I was wondering if i should feed them whole bloodworms as well as their flakes and veg's.

when mine were young i only fed them pellets, hikari you can get small med and large for around £3 a pack, they tend to get a bit fussy about fod if you give them nice thing when there young,

stick to the pellets until there teenagers with the odd veg they prob won`t eat and hen intreduce the live food etc when the get older,

hikari bio gold is the best chichlid/ oscar pellet on the diet but others could be good to suplement it.

pristine water and varied foods is the best color enhancer for any fish.
those color enhancer food will be useless if you do not have perfect water
parameter. a healthy fish will always sport a vibrant color naturally.

LukasUK wrote:


for a staple pellet new life spectrum and hikari gold are among the best out there.and
i found as a supplement food hikari massivore delight is incredible. loaded in vitamens and nutrients it is by far one of the best available.

lif you use these and along with earthworms beefhearts crickets and shrimp you will have healthy colourful oscar in no time.

well its worked for me anyway

yup, i feed mine hikari gold and shrimp and the occasional cricket.

i was just looking at that massivore food the other day necro, i was wondering if it was really as good as they say, i think ill try it out now that you reccomended it.

x2 hikari for me. along with a good mix of other foods.


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Win wrote:



ive ben using it for quite a while now and imho it is probably the best on the market. unfortunetly it is also quite expensive but i still use it regularly for all my cichlids and they all love it.