We have a tank with african cichlids and they alwas look hungery?

Question

We have african cichlids and they alwas look hunger even after we feed them. But i we have a lot of other fish and we alwas no how much they eat.

Answer 1

They ARE!!! Cichlids are vicious little eating machines! Like you say, they still LOOK hungry; but that's just their nature, always on the prowl... or, I guess, on the...swim...?...

Answer 2

put some rosy red minnows and some goldfish for them to chase around. if they catch them they will eat them. also give them hikari cichlid gold but always overfeed them and feed some cooked shrimp and stuff them with hikari cichlid gold.

Answer 3

just try to feed them a varied food like

algae flakes

cichlid flakes

cichlid pellets

they love those

try to feed them twice a day, as much as they will eat in under 5 minutes