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hey all,

i got a pair of rams a couple of days ago and got a question on feeding them live or frozen food.

Since reading a few posts and species profiles i understand they like frozen or live food.

What live foods takes their fancy? is live food better than frozen?

also my rams only about 3/4 inch long will they have any diffculty eating the foods you mention?

Thanks for help

They love live and frozen foods, but you really only need to feed them as treats. The flakes and pellets being sold today are very nutritious and make good staple diets for the ram cichlids. Rams and their small mouths often have problems with pellet foods, but I find that they'll readily take flakes.

With that having been said, rams enjoy live brine shrimp and different live worms (such as blackworms and bloodworms), none of which they have trouble eating. Bloodworms are probably the favorite food, they are irresistible to rams. Frozen foods are often nutritionally better than live though, as vitamins and other goodies can be packed into the foods. They are also more convenient than live foods, and are cheaper unless you culture your own live critters.

Your rams should be able to eat flake, frozen, and small live foods such as brine shrimp and bloodworms with ease. Just keep in mind that they won't be able to eat a whole lot at their current size.

Last edited by sirbooks at 04-Oct-2005 19:30

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Thanks for a excellent reply, i always presumed live was better...you know the whole freash food thing haha...