Feeding your Malawis?

I have been having a hard time locating a good local source of food for my African cichlid fishies.

Where are you getting yours, what is it, and how much does it cost? (ie..shipping, product per ounce)

Right now I am serving up Hikari brand. small sinkers. Protein and veggie mixes. The fish love it but I have run out my local stores.


Thanks!

best source? go to those local stores and ask if you can special order a case of it. I am sure they will hook you up, maybe even a discount if you order a lot.

I feed New Life Spectrum almost exclusively to all of my fish and have done so for years now. I order in online though. I buy it in the 5 lb. bucket ($50), usually from Big Al's and at a time that I'm ordering other supplies to get the free shipping. It's cheaper to buy it in bulk and a bucket last for a very long time. (I find that I can feed smaller amounts of the NLS pellets compared to the cheaper pellets or flake.) I store it in the freezer and refill smaller containers as needed.

Thanks! Spent some money at Al's.

I do get my buckets too from big al's with free shipping with $75 min purchase, and no sales tax!
I go thru mine a lot faster feeding over 3-400 fishes. I like the NLS 2mm sinking best.

I too stick with NLS - I use grow (.5mm) for the fry, 1mm for juveniles and dwarf cichlids, and a mixture of 1mm and 3mm for full-sized cichlids. I also use their wafers - by far the best wafers for cichlids I've found. I've been buying mine from one of the admins on MFK for $55 shipped, that was the best price I could find. I'll have to look at Big Al's, I'm familiar with them but have never shopped there.

I had tried them on NLS before and they loved it, so I was happy to get a bucket and a few other necessities. Now if the package would just get here j/k. lol.

Dianichi "Veggie Deluxe" is a great food for Mbunas, really brings up the color and not too much protein. it is available online from Amazon, about 20 bucks for 1.1 pounds. it sinks slowly and all my Mbunas go nuts for it. You can get it on ebay also but watch for outrageous shipping cost.