Best food for cichlids?

I have just recently started keeping African cichlids. I have a few German red peacocks and a few yellow labs. I've been feeding them Omega one super color flakes along with some spirulina flakes and wafers. What is the best food to feed them and where can I buy it in bulk amounts? Thanks

i feed NLS pellets to all of my cichlids.... even my plecos like it... wafers and small pellets.. yes yu can buy in 5# size...
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I've never heard of NLS pellets. I'll see if I can't locate them on the net. Thanks

Hey CajunGator what size pellets do you use? Also, do you use floating or sinking pellets?

i get mine from Mike with FISH FReaks Chiclids... he is a sponsor and i get certified member discount...

see his list of NLS new life spectrum...

http://www.fishfreakscichlids.com/?page_id=59

I use the 1mm thera A of nls, I got a 5lb bucket from Mike! I feed it to every one Africans, plecos, corys, discus they all love it!

Thanks for the info!

the only difference between regular and thera a is the thera a has garlic added so it helps ward of parasites and other issues.

I give them Hikari spirulina sinking pellets, the loved it, is not messy at all, and for plecos i use shrimp pellets..

i love the improved color i got when i switched from kens flake to nls. also dainichi is good

Do the NLS pellets float or sink?

They come both ways.

I might need to try the NLS!

They also range in pellet size from .5mm-3mm

As much fish as you have Fern you have to buy buckets of food!

I just have a couple more questions. Is is better to feed cichlids the pellets or flake food or maybe rotate both? If so, do they have cichlid flake food with the garlic? I went to the link above but they didn't give any info on the flake food. Also is it better to feed the sinking or floating pellets? Thanks

My opinion is that it doesn't matter if it floats or sinks the fish will eat it no matter where it is in the tank.The sinking pellets I feed my Cichlids are all gone before it hit the sand anyways.I feed mine pellets,flakes and frozen foods and freezed dried foods.

Some fish like sinkers some like floaters.
I feed flake and pellet to all of my fish, I believe in a good variety of foods!

sinking pellets are better for ykur cichlids and the garlic is a anti-parastic agent.

Thanks for all the information everyone! I really appreciate it!