How to get COLOURFUL fish! My African Cichlid Aquariums

In this video I show the foods I feed to get my cichlids nice and colourful, and discuss some of the options available to colour up your fish! You don't need to have an all male fish tank to create a beautiful, and colourful aquarium.
1:38 - The best foods to get colourful fish
4:21 - What I feed my African Cichlids
7:48 - Going to Pet City to get an Auto Fish Feeder
8:43 - Trying out Aquamunch Spirulina Gel Food!
If you do change your foods up, you may want to introduce new foods slowly overtime, and taper your fish off their older foods. I find that fish don't take well too big changes in general, including the food they eat, even if you are switching to a higher quality diet.
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[@bapidas9754]

"Aquarium fish make us realize,how beautiful silence is"...love you kaity♥️♥️♥️

[@Kaityscichlids]

So true 🙌 And thank you 😊❤️

[@matt01506]

I mentioned a little while ago that your brilliant videos and infectious personality drew me into the hobby again. (After a 20+ year absence). I have just bought a 345 L drilled tank but I know its just the beginning !!! Keep the videos coming, we all love em !

[@Kaityscichlids]

WOW, thank you SO much!! You have no idea how much that means to me ❤️ That's so awesome, congratulations on your new tank for your reentrance into the hobby, and I'm sure it will be only just the beginning. It never ends with one 🤣

[@Sandoz-tq7qj]

Hi , I would be interested to see your new tank. Please do some video if possible. Thank you 🧧🧨

[@matt01506]

@Sandoz-tq7qj I've never made a video before but I would be happy to post some pictures or a "short" when I eventually set it up. Thanks for showing an interest, I will comment here if I do.

[@blokecalledboof]

I've converted all my tanks to Frenzy Fish Feeds, they're another Australian company that use whole ingredients and it's awesome. It took me a while to find one I liked in the way of no fillers like wheat, I'm glad. And I also feed frozen brine shrimp, not frozen baby brine I hatch them myself.

[@peasandhapsforever110]

A great video once again Kaity, sure has been fun watching you grow and your channel as well. I also keep an all male lake Malawi tank for the beautiful colours

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏 I really appreciate it and all of your support for so long!

[@johnwoodall3791]

Absolutely Beautiful Aquariums & this is Testimony to this Girls Knowledge, Kaity seems to have the Right & Correct Attitude. I agree with One comment on that their is nothing better than coming home from what could be a noisy Work environment as mine can be at times & to just sit & enjoy that Silence & the Relaxation that comes with it. Sitting there with a cup of hot chocolate before bed seems like the ideal place to be in ones own mind. Fantastic Stuff by Kaity & I hope she has plenty of Success in that She Does. Many Regards John

[@chriscollins3786]

Your Cichlids look so healthy really enjoy watching your videos. My Haps and Peacocks love North Fin and New Life Spectrum. The vitamins really make their colors saturated and pop.

[@brushitoff503]

Love it, great video! Thought @14:44 I reckon a couple of Tropheus Duboisi would be a great addition to that tank!

[@Kaityscichlids]

That would be cool! There's so many different types 😱 I reaaallyyy want to get some Kasanga ones too

[@keithellison6800]

Best Malawi tank I have seen 👌👌

[@user-ru6kb4vk4l]

Interesting video 👍Thank you!!

[@bobtaylor7197]

I always enjoy your vids.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you heaps Bob 😄 I appreciate it 🙏

[@mannythegardener3132]

Absolutely beautiful your Cichlids you must be so proud 😊

[@dallascostello3348]

What lights do you use on the lake Malawi tank they are super cool

[@JanaeGamingFBYT]

Beautiful fish ❤❤❤ live your videos 🥰🥰🥰

[@mustapha_a]

Hi, Kaity. Great vid as always! What's your thoughts on Hikari sinking cichlid excel for Malawis?

[@danmaltby3271]

i love the white sand w the black rocks, just got white sand for my 75 gallon cichlid tank

[@user-pg3ee8bp4b]

It's really soothing experience to watch your contents and also your presence ❤ Love from India

[@Yelsin_Salazar]

Your fishies look so beautiful and healthy, I'm just trying to find the balance between color food and nutritious content in my Malawi tank of peacocks and mbunas,. With the notion you gave me and by doing some research on the food available, I know I'm on the right track. Anyways Congratulations on reaching the 50 K subscribers I'm sure you'll reach a lot more. Thanks for sharing useful and fun content with the community every week. ¡Greetings from Peru✌🙌!!!

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's so awesome to hear 😁 I'm really glad it was helpful for you!! And thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 I really appreciate all of your support for so long 😊

[@bigmick1062]

Super informative video.....thanks! I've always feed my Cichlids a variety of pellets and flake food from various manufacturers, so I know they get a healthy diet. I also treat them occasionally to some frozen brine shrimp which they love......but not to often. I have my water pump attached to a feed timer so none of the food gets sucked into the filter during feeding, it's set to 20-minutes so the plecos can get some off the bottom also before the pump kicks back in. Thanks for such high quality content......

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you heaps!! My guys love having some brine shrimp every now and then too 😊 And thank you for sharing what you do with feeding, that is really handy. I might need to give something like that a go

[@lisamcgill664]

Beautiful tanks

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊

[@AashishBhattarai7]

Have you got aerator (air stone) somewhere? You got beautiful tank.

[@ChristianBarthels-xd4ls]

Hi from Europe/Belgium,me again...awesome tanganijkan tank,well done mate. Little LOOOL

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😄😄

[@sirwilliam7988]

Another very informative video. Your new fish are coming along quite nicely. Tell me, any aggression from the Tropheus yet? I’ve always wanted to keep them but was always talked out of them. I’ve heard they are high maintenance and very aggressive.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! And no, not at all! They have been peaceful towards one another and the other fish. Granted they aren't fully grown yet so that may change. But I have found them to be less aggressive than my peacocks and mbuna so far

[@billboudsamad5318]

Thanks Kaity for the food advices. For you both your tank with White Sand, do you have algae growing on the white sand? I have black sand in my 55 G tank and peakcock Cichlid, I want to setup a 10G with white sand but worry the algae will grown on the surface of the white sand. Pls share your experience. Cheers from Canada.

[@sakilmansuri5736]

Awesome

[@roohollahyeylaghiashrafi7095]

I think you are very professional in your hobby

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊🙌

[@dubaialabajwa786]

Wow 😮

[@kathleenmunoz-supnet2317]

What is the name of the beautiful peachy bodied & blue face cichlid? Your videos are super helpful!

[@stevecote8088]

Beautiful aQUarium Kaity♥

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊🙏

[@djdaz4960]

Will that food suit for a mixed tank of peacocks, malawi, haps and mbuna african cichlids?

[@prockfisherman8661]

I'm on your website looking at the gel for peacocks cichlids what foods do you recommend or is there a combination you would recommend. I am in the US just starting to peacocks Thank you

[@lionroaring7021]

Wow

[@benbarnett5684]

Your video quality has evolved greatly. Youre very informative and have wonderful personality! Thank you for sharing!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so so much 🙏 I really appreciate it 😊 That's so nice to hear!

[@billmeyer4773]

Magnificent video as always. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much Bill 😊🙏🙏

[@DOCTORMCCHOCOLATE]

Do you offer the Absolute color food for sale? I’m in the US and it seems hard to get and even the white crane you can get only the baby size which isn’t any help

[@privategoldgold]

Beautiful! Beautiful!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊🙏🙏

[@cryptodownunder1806]

I was up the sunny coast and grabbed some of the AM after walking into the shop and seeing there display tank !! It's amazing stuff 👍🏼

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's awesome!! I'm so keen to see their display tank when I head up there!

[@26Tackle.reviews]

NLS is good i used to use for my marine! but when had freshwater cichlids i always used Hikari cichlid gold! really high quality and biggest seller in uk! aint sure if you get it in Oz

[@Kaityscichlids]

Oh that is good to know!! I think we might be able to get that here!

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

Hikari, while popular, isn't great. The thing you need to look at is the ingredients. Hikari is full of grain products, really bad for fish

[@user-cy2pk3yq1r]

Cool T-shirt. You're so cute. :D Why is the parrot alone? He's bored. Get another bird. The big cage and your house allow you to do this.

[@user-tj2vr3js2b]

Hey Kaity, are you still using this food? Is so how is it going? I’m thinking of trying it for my Africans

[@TheObserver567]

No links to products?

[@sure.bol.999]

Hi! What lights do you use in your aquarium?

[@Kaityscichlids]

They are called Freshwater AI Primes 😊

[@JonVlogs123]

Kaity! 👋🙂

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hello 😄👋👋

[@Bloomcycle]

I go to my fish market every Sunday for my Africans and get a fresh salmon skin and they love it and look great

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

Remember, a lot of AC need a more vegetable diet than meat

[@user-cp7kl3et3f]

7:56 красивый котёнок на вывеске

[@grigorione7824]

Do you feed white worms ? I have a super simple setup that works great if you wanna know Katie . My bumble bee gobies will eat nothing else! haha. and they still with me after 3 years .

[@Kaityscichlids]

I never have fed them actually!! I don't see them available in stores here very often or at least haven't noticed them. And sure, I would love to hear about it 😊

[@Reeftank1979]

Beautiful. I started with cichlids. Then I went on to reef tanks and you can see mine on my channel if you wish. Good job!

[@sevastipternitis5814]

Can you put a Bolivian ram cichlid in there with the Malawi cichlids?

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

I wouldn't, totally different water requirements. Especially the dwarf American cichlids aren't the toughest fish out there

[@HUKIT.]

I didn’t know Kmarts are still around as they’ve been gone here in the states since 2005ish.

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

I think they are totally different owners and not related. Kmart is one of the bigger types of variety stores here

[@Tommpll]

Hello Kaity :)

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hello 😄😄

[@dominic9279]

Does it actually work for colouring africans up. I'm looking for another type of food for a Change over danichi. Did you try the malawi cichlids on the gel?

[@Kaityscichlids]

Yes it does! I've been using the Aquamunch colour flake only now to colour them up and it works well and I'm much happier with the ingredients compared to what the Absolute Colour brand had. I don't use the gel, I personally don't like gel foods because I find them a pain to make and quite messy. But Nigel who makes the Aquamunch foods uses the gel to bulk feed all of his African Cichlids at his store

[@dominic9279]

@Kaityscichlids thanks kaity, I was actually feeling the same way about the gel food and apprehensive about buying it but the colour flakes I'm definitely interested in. Thankyou Dom

[@pascoerusso8615]

Hi Kaitly thanks for another awesome & informative video , I love your down to earth attitude & presentation & let me tell you that you don't need make up 😊😊😊🤩

[@Kaityscichlids]

Awwww, thank you so much!! I really, really appreciate it 😊😊

[@sevastipternitis5814]

How do you get the fish not to fight with each other? Are those all territorial fish? I thought you couldn't put them together

[@canhobihanem2629]

Arkadaşım çok güzel bitiyormuş çok güzel balıkların var nazar değmesin

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@faheembabar6240]

MA SHA ALLAH FROOM PAKISTAN

[@ashleybennallack5194]

Great channel Kaity. Your content is getting better and better 👍

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🙏

[@MakoyUnggoy]

Your Venustus has come on a lot since the early videos and your also doing so well with your Tropheus...My friend is visiting my sister in Caboolture at the minute, it reminded me when I saw the Kmart logo, She's bought me a few pairs of flip flops as their prices can't be beat haha!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hahaha woohoo, go flip flops 🤣 Or thongs as we call them 😅 And yes it's crazy seeing how much of them have grown from the little tiny fish they used to be!

[@capeeddy]

Venustus are my favorite of all the African cichlid species. They are so beautiful. ❤

[@Kaityscichlids]

I love them too!!

[@norbertthoens3561]

Die Farben der Chichliden sind wirklich toll! Die Pinselalgen am Lochgestein würde mich persönlich schon stören .. 🙄

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much 😊 And I'm honestly not a fan of it either, it's on my list of things to sort out in that tank

[@riteshfamily369]

Beautiful Aquariums but I have mixed African in same Aquarium Malawi & Tanganyka since 15 years....❤

[@Kaityscichlids]

Wow, that's amazing!! There's often so many things people say don't do but then it works fine for others

[@frostmisago2827]

youre at 665 likes so Ill come back to like it later lolol

[@Kaityscichlids]

And when I read this my battery was on 66% 😳😂😂

[@frostmisago2827]

@@Kaityscichlids Lol💙

[@max.0328]

If i was a manager of a tv network, i would be quick to contact you and offer you a job as a presenter on An animal show!! A job as a tv cook..?? Probably not 😉 enjoy Sidney!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hahaha I love that, thank you!! And LOL you have a point 😭 I just need someone to do Maths and cooking for me then my life is complete 😂

[@user-mv1ni3to3m]

❤❤🌹🐟🐠👍👍

[@Kaityscichlids]

😊😊❤️❤️❤️

[@Bam-Bam1]

You want colorful fish? Simply switch to saltwater. 😊

[@Kaityscichlids]

😁😁😁 maybe one day...

[@josefrancisbonete4747]

Miss kaity you have a yellow tail acei mbuna nice color but you don't have a white tail acei it's a nice mbuna cichlids

[@Kaityscichlids]

I actually recently got one!! He is SO cute!! He must have been hiding in this video 😁

[@jamescoe483]

Too bad none of color enhancing food you use are in the USA. Great info and beautiful cichlids

[@lifeofskittlesthekitty247]

Interesting how you spell colourful like that in America it's spelled colorful lol it's cool though to see different English dialect spelling

[@Kaityscichlids]

Oh yes, colorful haha 🤣 Each time I have to spell it I am torn between spelling it for my American viewers or staying true to the Australian spelling lol

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

The whole world spells colour like that except you guys

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

​@Kaityscichlids tbh, you should stick to the English spelling and not copy the incorrect American spelling

[@lifeofskittlesthekitty247]

@@PoetofHateSpeech In American English the spelling is color which is correct.In UK colour is standard spelling ok .There are different dialects of English in different areas of the world they have their own slang words spoken in that area even within Uk and USA Canada and Australia New Zealand have their local area dialects to sit there say everyone in the world speaks spells (except Americans) like the UK isn't correct and besides I wasn't critical of kaity spelling colour I was just pointing out we spell color in America..she can spell colour that way all she wants to

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

@lifeofskittlesthekitty247 I know you weren't knocking her. I've lived in all those places (except Canada), and they spell all the words the same as the English. It's really only the Americans that spell things differently

[@darrenharber6711]

If some of them are herbivores why wouldn't you plant out the tank to provide a natural food source???

[@zlamanit]

Many reasons. For one, the fish prefer rocky environment with minimal vegetation. But if you actually try to grow plants with them, then they either aren't interested in plants that grow or the plant gets eaten. There are also issues with additional maintancene, different dietary needs, and astetic reasons.

[@Kaityscichlids]

For the Tropheus it is actually good to have algae growth on the rocks for them to graze on! But as mentioned in the comment above, they love to eat plants just a little too much, so they wipe them out pretty quickly. I've seen people have success with some types though, like anubias, but that's because the fish aren't eating it

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

Plants wouldn't last a day lol

[@paulrichardson2229]

ah Kaity cant believe you went to AquaMunch brand, please switch back to your new Life Spectrum foods, that aquamunch is horrible food, just full of fillers, mass produced and not good for your fish honestly,

[@PoetofHateSpeech]

Aquamunch isn't. They are all grain free. They will be trying to get a grain free pellet out next year. I think they used to be bad, but aquamunch has some of the best ingredients these days

[@user-nt1nq7ho6f]

Plenty of fish change sex, often an important part of some species. I really find it hard to believe it has a bad effects on a fish that usually doesn't change sex, only from maybe other fish due to rivalry and the not eating thing you noticed would just be due to the hormone change I am certain it will be eating fine with in week once the change is complete and balanced. Anyone over 14 should remember what a hormone switch flip does to normal operations. Wow, has anyone chucked a $5 eps32 into one of them fish feeders not only would it give you uncountable options for times and amounts, but you could connect in to your network and have your fish tank connected to your phone with live camera options. Pattern pending stop stealing my tech ideas unless you're sharing the wealth... Joke it's all open source and easy enough for a kid to program and control.

[@Kaityscichlids]

The things I've heard have been like people comparing it to taking steroids, but I tried so hard to find proper research into it and couldn't find any. And that sounds like a fantastic idea actually 🤣 I would absolutely love to have a camera on my fish tank lol