Originally Posted by Cichlid Connections

For fishes in the farm, no I don't feed quality food. Infusoria and Daphnia to get them going when newly hatched and tilapia pellets to get them to a certain size, but for my home fishes.. its Hikari, Tetrabits, Home made cichlid-recipe and the occasional freezed mysis, brine shrimp and bloodworms. You know something Ari, I always thought it was the other way round... the hobby here is about buying fishes of poor lineage and spending more on products rather than fish. People tend to spend more on equipments only to own poor quality fishes. Look at the cichlid flock availability on the market.. look at the bettas, look at some of the poorly bred charachins/tetras and livebearers available nowadays.. its a shame. The main problem here is the farms lackadaisical attitude in introducing new bloodlines into their existing stocks. Thats the MAIN and UNDERLYING problem, not the food and equipment associated with it.