or: Why I Spent Fourth of July Watching For Fish Poop
EthanFish and I are pretty new to cichlid keeping; we have had our tank up for about 3 months now.
Yesterday we had our first fish health issue, which I think we navigated successfully enough that I won't be quite so worried about fish health issues.
At feeding time we noticed that our ahli had a bump at the back of its stomach, but it was still eating and acting basically normal. Remain calm, scour internet, guess constipation, and by this morning we had it all fixed up. (By the way, we were also drinking champagne and watching fireworks from the porch, so our poop vililance was not cramping the party style too much.)
What did we do before the internet?
Anyway, one thing I wanted to ask about -- I'm not sure if I should be worried about this recurring or not, and whether we should be concerned about their diet. We give our cichlids a pretty diverse diet; we have three types of food that we rotate or mix in feeding: Nutrafin Spirulina, Wardley cichlid flakes, and New Life Spectrum pellets. The flakes have 2% fiber and the pellets have 5%. Is there something else that would be better for feeding? Should we think about supplementing with the peas solution from time to time? Or status quo and just keep an eye out in case of future problems with the ahli?
EthanFish and I are pretty new to cichlid keeping; we have had our tank up for about 3 months now.
Yesterday we had our first fish health issue, which I think we navigated successfully enough that I won't be quite so worried about fish health issues.
At feeding time we noticed that our ahli had a bump at the back of its stomach, but it was still eating and acting basically normal. Remain calm, scour internet, guess constipation, and by this morning we had it all fixed up. (By the way, we were also drinking champagne and watching fireworks from the porch, so our poop vililance was not cramping the party style too much.)
What did we do before the internet?
Anyway, one thing I wanted to ask about -- I'm not sure if I should be worried about this recurring or not, and whether we should be concerned about their diet. We give our cichlids a pretty diverse diet; we have three types of food that we rotate or mix in feeding: Nutrafin Spirulina, Wardley cichlid flakes, and New Life Spectrum pellets. The flakes have 2% fiber and the pellets have 5%. Is there something else that would be better for feeding? Should we think about supplementing with the peas solution from time to time? Or status quo and just keep an eye out in case of future problems with the ahli?
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