Feeding All Our Cichlids | What to Feed, How Often, & Best Food

In today's video, we feed all of our cichlid tanks, showing what we feed our cichlids, how often we feed cichlids, and what type of foods we think are best for cichlids.

We try to feed our cichlids a variety of pellets, flakes, and frozen foods to give our fish the best diet possible, while trying not to over feed. For adult cichlids, typical recommendations would be to feed once per day, and roughly 5-6 times per week. Taking one day off per week can actually be beneficial to your fish. If you have any questions about feeding your cichlids, leave those in the comments section below!

If you're interested in any of the food we showed in the video, below are affiliate links to each:

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Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next week!

[CichlidBros]

If you're interested in the food used in this video, check out the affiliate links below.

[seanaustin]

Y’all the best in the business brother

[aquarium.talktv]

This is a great video. Super informative!

[kashifkashu]

I've been waiting for the feeding video for so long...Thanks guys I got see this..😎🤠👌

[stilesslosson]

I love watching you brothers grow in the hobby...wish y'all lived closer but your videos are good enough that it feels I'm almost there in person...I've been doing fish for 30 yrs just took a break but getting back at it w a frontosa group 😁

[barat]

Nice video. Bought two acaras last week after your community aquarium video. They are awesome with cories and angels. Tank(40) too small for an oscar, would eat cories. Acara is off the chart, stealing showcase title from angels. They act like they are glad to see you, just hungry. Thanks for recommending

[tdirty]

Good video...love the information about different types of fish

[joshmanoj]

Superb video how is your tank crystal
Clear which canister you are using for 180 gallons

[empowermenteducation]

I feed mine wild caught shrimp. Dry Krill, tubaflex, crickets, blood worms and cichlid gold by Hakari. My parents kept fish.

[markhamilton]

Loved it, great video, who got you three into fish keeping?

[marccast]

I love you 150gallon south tank and how clean you keep it i love it

[legsian]

wow, the coldwater cichlids, awesome, i take it they hard to get hold of, never heard of them here in uk fish suppliers or stores

[markbaumgardt]

My fish just absolutely love the Xtreme my predictor haps have excellent color and form Xtreme all the way love the video 🙂👍👍

[intergalacticmuffin]

I love the green terror I have one I really really hope he gets a nucal hump like yours. Mine has started getting a bump so I hope it keeps growing.

[torringames]

Top 5 favourite cichlids are
1) Oscar
2) Jack Dempsey
3) Jaguar
4) Gold Saum (Andinoacara rivulatus)
5) True Green Terror (Andinoacara stalsbergi)

[dcphifer]

Neat. I have been thinking about getting a pair of the Electric Blue Acara... sorta like a bigger version of favorite Dwarf Powder Blue Gourami.

[Jake-urwf]

Thanks for this video! Was wondering if you guys have seen that Old Orchard Aquariums shut down. I just found out and it sucks.

[tinajohnson]

Do you recommend an automatic feeder for ciclids.while on vacation?

[cichlid_kings]

Awesome feeding routine. My Peacock & Hap tank along with Severum & Oscar tank are currently on Xtreme Big Fella pellets. Twice per week I feed them Northfin Veggie pellets, however the Oscar just spits the veggies out 😂 My guys aren't to the size of needing Monster pellets yet, but they'll get there. Take care Cichlid Bros 😎

[dennispeleg]

For Quinn, the central american cichlids, would the Xtreme community mix flakes be good for centrals? It has krill/suprilina in it. I have firemouth, rainbow cichlid and Honduran red point and pearlscale cichlid (small).