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product_id: 12780726
title: "Aqueon Cichlid Pellets, Cichlid Fish Food, Brown, Mini, 8.5 Ounces | Freshwater fish food with shrimp meal, squid meal, kelp and spirulina; approximate 3mm medium granules"
brand: "aqueon"
price: "24.00 DT"
currency: TND
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Aqueon"
url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/12780726-aqueon-cichlid-pellets-cichlid-fish-food-brown-mini-8-5
store_origin: TN
region: Tunisia
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# Natural Kelp & Spirulina Boost Waste-Reducing Formula 42% Protein Power Aqueon Cichlid Pellets, Cichlid Fish Food, Brown, Mini, 8.5 Ounces | Freshwater fish food with shrimp meal, squid meal, kelp and spirulina; approximate 3mm medium granules

**Brand:** aqueon
**Price:** 24.00 DT
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🐠 Feed the FOMO: Watch your cichlids glow and grow like never before!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Aqueon Cichlid Pellets, Cichlid Fish Food, Brown, Mini, 8.5 Ounces | Freshwater fish food with shrimp meal, squid meal, kelp and spirulina; approximate 3mm medium granules by aqueon
- **How much does it cost?** 24.00 DT with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/12780726-aqueon-cichlid-pellets-cichlid-fish-food-brown-mini-8-5)

## Best For

- aqueon enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted aqueon brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Versatile Pellet Sizes:** Mini and medium pellets tailored for all cichlid species and life stages
- • **Immune System Fortification:** Balanced nutrients to keep your prized cichlids thriving and resilient
- • **Premium Protein-Rich Formula:** Loaded with shrimp, squid & whole fish meals for peak cichlid vitality
- • **Cleaner Aquarium, Happier Fish:** Efficient feeding reduces waste, maintaining crystal-clear water quality
- • **Vibrant Color & Growth Support:** Natural astaxanthin and spirulina enhance stunning fish hues and healthy development

## Overview

Aqueon Cichlid Pellets deliver a premium, protein-packed diet enriched with shrimp, squid, kelp, and spirulina to support vibrant coloration, robust immune health, and optimal growth. Designed for efficient feeding, these pellets minimize waste to keep aquarium water pristine. Suitable for all cichlid species and life stages, available in mini and medium sizes to ensure every fish eats comfortably.

## Description

Aqueon Cichlid Pellets are specially formulated with premium ingredients including shrimp meal, squid meal, kelp and spirulina to support the nutritional needs of a wide variety of cichlids. This nutrient-rich formula helps promote healthy growth, vibrant coloration, immune system health and overall vitality while delivering a taste even finicky cichlids enjoy. Designed to encourage efficient feeding and reduce waste, these pellets help maintain cleaner aquarium water when fed as directed. Suitable for South American, African Rift Lake and carnivorous cichlid species, Aqueon Cichlid Pellets provide complete daily nutrition for thriving freshwater fish.

Review: Excellent food for an outstanding price!! Similar quality to top shelf brands - This is my go-to ciclid food for the small ones in the tank. It's clearly delicious because it's made with quality ingredients and because the fish will fight over the food like you dropped a 12oz fillet mignon in a tank of piranhas. Okay maybe not that much, but they do go after it until their bellies are huge and try to steal every last bite from each other. The color of the fishes is excellent, they are very healthy, very active, beautiful fish. My cichlids are rather expensive fish and I would not feed them this if I didn't truly believe it was a high quality food. It's rated 4 stars on a cichlid food website. Here's some stats: Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein 42.0% min. Crude Fat 8.0% min. Crude Fiber 3.0% max. Moisture 9.0% max. Phosphorus 1.0% min. Aqueon Cichlid Pellet Ingredients: Whole Fish Meal (whole salmon, herring & other mixed fishes), Whole Wheat Flour, Whole Dried Krill, Wheat Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal, Squid Meal, Dried Yeast, Fish Oil, Kelp Meal, Garlic, Spirulina, Marigold Powder, Chili Powder, Natural Astaxanthin, Choline Chloride, Calcium Propionate (a preservative), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin A Acetate, Cholecalciferol (source of Vitamin D3), Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Menadione Sodium Bisulphite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, DL-Alphatocopherol (E), Manganese Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate and Copper Sulfate. Aqueon Cichlid Pellet Ingredients Analysis Primary ingredient is Whole Fish meal. A meal form including the word “whole” identifies the entirety of the fish is utilized, not just processing leftovers as may be found in “fish meal.” Aqueon Meals are known to be manufactured in the United States, not utilizing Ethoxyquin as a preservative, which enables ample confidence in the quality of the meal. Whole Salmon is a high in Omega 3, Omega 6, and astaxanthin (A color enhancing carotenoid and powerful antioxidant). Salmon, combined with Whole Dried Krill, one of the best sources of astaxanthin available, ensures a food that will enhance red coloration. Studies conducted by the University of Albany’s Institute for Health and the Environment have identified significant contaminant levels in farmed salmon. “In particular, four substances that have been well studied for their ability to cause cancer-PCBs, dioxins, dieldrin, and toxaphene-were consistently and significantly more concentrated in farmed salmon.” Contamination is significant enough that the human recommendation for the consumption of farmed salmon is reduced to a “one-half to one meal per month-based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consumption advisories for these contaminants. A meal was considered to be an eight-ounce portion.” It can be safely assumed that farmed salmon is utilized in this meal. Wheat is split into two separate ingredients (Wheat Flour and Wheat Gluten Meal) potentially making it the actual 1st ingredient. The next preferred ingredient is “Whole Dried Krill Meal”. Preference would be for this to be identified as Antarctic Krill. Regardless, it is a preferred protein with excellent color enhancing properties. Squid meal is a quality preferred protein. Fish oil can be either a beneficial ingredient or a hazardous one. Human grade fish oil collected from specific specifies of fish and screened for mercury will provide necessary omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids as well as protein. Non-human grade fish oil may not be screened for mercury and originate from fish with reduced omega 3 content. Kelp Meal is a good source of iodine for thyroid function and chlorophyll, dietary fiber, Vitamin C, Pantothenic Acid, Zinc, Copper, Riboflavin, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium and Manganese. The inclusion of garlic and Spirulina are appreciated, although their listing this far down the ingredients limits their nutritional contribution. Marigold and Chili powder are more gimmicky than nutritionally important. With three of the top six ingredients being preferred proteins, including the first ingredient listed, there is sufficient confidence in the overall preferred protein content of this food. This food does not contain Ethoxyquin or artificial colors but it does contain synthetic vitamin K. Oscarfish.Com Rating: 4.0 Star Use of the whole fish and subsequent quality preferred proteins easily justify a 3 star rating. However, bonus points are awarded for not using ethoxyquin or artificial colors resulting in a 4 star rating. Limited quantities of preferred plant proteins combined with use of Menadione Sodium Bisulphite (synthetic vitamin K) and questionable amount of non-preferred proteins/fillers used, prevent rating any higher. Understanding Oscarfish.Com Ratings: This review is an attempt to analyze the ingredients, rating them from 1 (worst) to 6 (best) in an effort to judge quality based upon three simple criteria. Absence of toxic, potentially toxic, and controversial ingredients Aquatic Animal protein and Preferred Plant Proteins as the primary protein sources A fully nutritious food to include necessary vitamins and minerals with natural sources of vitamins and minerals being preferred. These basic concepts apply: Inclusion of sufficient quantities of preferred plant proteins is a bonus with sufficient Spirulina content being a significant bonus. Use of prebiotics or probiotics is a bonus Any food that utilizes Ethoxyquin, BHA, or BHT as preservatives, cannot rate higher than a 4 star food Use of artificial colors prevents rating higher than a 4 star food. Any food that utilizes Menadione Sodium Bisulfite (Synthetic Vitamin K, aka K3) cannot rate higher than a 5 star food. Inclusion of the “Whole Fish”, or “Whole Krill” (in meal form or not) is preferred over fish meal or krill meal. In order to achieve a 5 or 6 star rating, the quality of the meal must be known. In order to achieve a 6 star rating, the “Whole Fish’ (or whole animal) must be used, either in meal form or in sufficient quantities outside of meal form.
Review: My fish love this!!! - I really wish I could articulate just how much my cichlids love these pellets. I have a cichlid pond with about 20 fish well over 10” and they love the medium size. They could easily get jumbo but why mess with a good thing.. plus they’re never in stock. There is also a very large, prolific group of Polar Parrots & Convicts that stay making babies, and they also enjoy these. The adults can eat the medium size, mostly, but I buy the mini for their fry and smaller fish. It’s so funny bc the convict fry are dark so when they are eating them, all I see are just light pellets swimming around 🤣 I also have Blood Parrots, Flowerhorns, Red Devil, Severums, Red Head Viejas, Geophagus, Acara, Jewels, Jack Dempseys etc and they ALL are happily eating these. I have one very moody and very boujee Oscar and he will eat these.. but he only wants the tetra floating stick shaped pellets that I bought once, but everyone else hates. Lol so they are *his*. Point is every SA & CA cichlid I own likes these to the point where they will literally snub flakes when I try to feed them those.. which is pretty bold bc they were been raised on tetra cichlid flakes since they were all fry in 2019 when I stocked that pond myself. So 5 years on flakes only, and they got one taste of these pellets and they’re like “flakes who?!” I started the pellets for my Blood Parrots who can have trouble with flakes bc of their mouths.. they were always able to eat enough, but I could tell it’s sometimes a struggle for a few of them. That was the plan.. I did not anticipate everyone else falling in love with these the way they have. All good though 🙂 All fish are different and mine even snub certain foods, so it’s really just trial & error. If they are young, you can pretty much decide for them, but if they are older, they might have some say in it🤣

## Features

- PREMIUM PROTEIN-RICH FORMULA made with shrimp meal, squid meal, kelp and spirulina to satisfy a wide variety of cichlid species
- SUPPORTS HEALTHY GROWTH AND VIBRANT COLORATION with quality ingredients that provide essential nutrients for overall health and vitality
- PROMOTES IMMUNE SYSTEM HEALTH through a balanced nutritional profile designed to help cichlids thrive
- REDUCES WASTE AND HELPS MAINTAIN WATER QUALITY by encouraging efficient feeding and minimizing uneaten food when fed as directed
- IDEAL FOR MANY CICHLID SPECIES including South American, African Rift Lake and carnivorous cichlids
- AVAILABLE IN TWO PELLET SIZES to accommodate a variety of cichlid species and feeding preferences, helping fish of different sizes eat comfortably

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B003ZTVB3S |
| Additional Features | Cichlid Pellets Fish Food |
| Age Range (Description) | All Life Stages |
| Age Range Description | All Life Stages |
| Allergen Information | Allergen-Free |
| Animal Food Diet Type | Veterinary Diet |
| Best Sellers Rank | #3,991 in Pet Supplies ( See Top 100 in Pet Supplies ) #30 in Aquarium Fish Food |
| Brand | Aqueon |
| Brand Name | Aqueon |
| Breed Recommendation | All Breed Sizes |
| Container Type | Bag |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 6,152 Reviews |
| Dog Breed Size | Small |
| Flavor | Fish |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00015905061810 |
| Included Components | Aqueon Cichlid Food Mini 8.5 Ounces |
| Item Form | Pellet |
| Item Type Name | Aqueon Cichlid Food |
| Item Weight | 8.8 ounces |
| Manufacturer | Central Garden & Pet |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 100106181 |
| Model Number | 100106181 |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Occasion | Birthday |
| Package Size Name | 8.5 Ounce |
| Pet Type | Fish |
| Product Benefits | Attracts fish, supports immune system, enhances colors, promotes growth |
| Recommended Uses For Product | Cichlid Feeding |
| Special Ingredients | Kelp, Spirulina |
| Specific Uses For Product | Cichlid Feeding |
| Target Species | Cichlid |
| UPC | 015905061810 700580150101 |
| Unit Count | 8.5 Ounce |
| Warranty Description | Satisfaction Guarantee |

## Product Details

- **Age Range (Description):** All Life Stages
- **Brand:** Aqueon
- **Flavor:** Fish
- **Item Form:** Pellet
- **Specific Uses For Product:** Cichlid Feeding

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent food for an outstanding price!! Similar quality to top shelf brands
*by M***K on September 10, 2015*

This is my go-to ciclid food for the small ones in the tank. It's clearly delicious because it's made with quality ingredients and because the fish will fight over the food like you dropped a 12oz fillet mignon in a tank of piranhas. Okay maybe not that much, but they do go after it until their bellies are huge and try to steal every last bite from each other. The color of the fishes is excellent, they are very healthy, very active, beautiful fish. My cichlids are rather expensive fish and I would not feed them this if I didn't truly believe it was a high quality food. It's rated 4 stars on a cichlid food website. Here's some stats: Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein 42.0% min. Crude Fat 8.0% min. Crude Fiber 3.0% max. Moisture 9.0% max. Phosphorus 1.0% min. Aqueon Cichlid Pellet Ingredients: Whole Fish Meal (whole salmon, herring & other mixed fishes), Whole Wheat Flour, Whole Dried Krill, Wheat Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal, Squid Meal, Dried Yeast, Fish Oil, Kelp Meal, Garlic, Spirulina, Marigold Powder, Chili Powder, Natural Astaxanthin, Choline Chloride, Calcium Propionate (a preservative), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin A Acetate, Cholecalciferol (source of Vitamin D3), Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Menadione Sodium Bisulphite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, DL-Alphatocopherol (E), Manganese Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate and Copper Sulfate. Aqueon Cichlid Pellet Ingredients Analysis Primary ingredient is Whole Fish meal. A meal form including the word “whole” identifies the entirety of the fish is utilized, not just processing leftovers as may be found in “fish meal.” Aqueon Meals are known to be manufactured in the United States, not utilizing Ethoxyquin as a preservative, which enables ample confidence in the quality of the meal. Whole Salmon is a high in Omega 3, Omega 6, and astaxanthin (A color enhancing carotenoid and powerful antioxidant). Salmon, combined with Whole Dried Krill, one of the best sources of astaxanthin available, ensures a food that will enhance red coloration. Studies conducted by the University of Albany’s Institute for Health and the Environment have identified significant contaminant levels in farmed salmon. “In particular, four substances that have been well studied for their ability to cause cancer-PCBs, dioxins, dieldrin, and toxaphene-were consistently and significantly more concentrated in farmed salmon.” Contamination is significant enough that the human recommendation for the consumption of farmed salmon is reduced to a “one-half to one meal per month-based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consumption advisories for these contaminants. A meal was considered to be an eight-ounce portion.” It can be safely assumed that farmed salmon is utilized in this meal. Wheat is split into two separate ingredients (Wheat Flour and Wheat Gluten Meal) potentially making it the actual 1st ingredient. The next preferred ingredient is “Whole Dried Krill Meal”. Preference would be for this to be identified as Antarctic Krill. Regardless, it is a preferred protein with excellent color enhancing properties. Squid meal is a quality preferred protein. Fish oil can be either a beneficial ingredient or a hazardous one. Human grade fish oil collected from specific specifies of fish and screened for mercury will provide necessary omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids as well as protein. Non-human grade fish oil may not be screened for mercury and originate from fish with reduced omega 3 content. Kelp Meal is a good source of iodine for thyroid function and chlorophyll, dietary fiber, Vitamin C, Pantothenic Acid, Zinc, Copper, Riboflavin, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium and Manganese. The inclusion of garlic and Spirulina are appreciated, although their listing this far down the ingredients limits their nutritional contribution. Marigold and Chili powder are more gimmicky than nutritionally important. With three of the top six ingredients being preferred proteins, including the first ingredient listed, there is sufficient confidence in the overall preferred protein content of this food. This food does not contain Ethoxyquin or artificial colors but it does contain synthetic vitamin K. Oscarfish.Com Rating: 4.0 Star Use of the whole fish and subsequent quality preferred proteins easily justify a 3 star rating. However, bonus points are awarded for not using ethoxyquin or artificial colors resulting in a 4 star rating. Limited quantities of preferred plant proteins combined with use of Menadione Sodium Bisulphite (synthetic vitamin K) and questionable amount of non-preferred proteins/fillers used, prevent rating any higher. Understanding Oscarfish.Com Ratings: This review is an attempt to analyze the ingredients, rating them from 1 (worst) to 6 (best) in an effort to judge quality based upon three simple criteria. Absence of toxic, potentially toxic, and controversial ingredients Aquatic Animal protein and Preferred Plant Proteins as the primary protein sources A fully nutritious food to include necessary vitamins and minerals with natural sources of vitamins and minerals being preferred. These basic concepts apply: Inclusion of sufficient quantities of preferred plant proteins is a bonus with sufficient Spirulina content being a significant bonus. Use of prebiotics or probiotics is a bonus Any food that utilizes Ethoxyquin, BHA, or BHT as preservatives, cannot rate higher than a 4 star food Use of artificial colors prevents rating higher than a 4 star food. Any food that utilizes Menadione Sodium Bisulfite (Synthetic Vitamin K, aka K3) cannot rate higher than a 5 star food. Inclusion of the “Whole Fish”, or “Whole Krill” (in meal form or not) is preferred over fish meal or krill meal. In order to achieve a 5 or 6 star rating, the quality of the meal must be known. In order to achieve a 6 star rating, the “Whole Fish’ (or whole animal) must be used, either in meal form or in sufficient quantities outside of meal form.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My fish love this!!!
*by R***E on April 3, 2024*

I really wish I could articulate just how much my cichlids love these pellets. I have a cichlid pond with about 20 fish well over 10” and they love the medium size. They could easily get jumbo but why mess with a good thing.. plus they’re never in stock. There is also a very large, prolific group of Polar Parrots & Convicts that stay making babies, and they also enjoy these. The adults can eat the medium size, mostly, but I buy the mini for their fry and smaller fish. It’s so funny bc the convict fry are dark so when they are eating them, all I see are just light pellets swimming around 🤣 I also have Blood Parrots, Flowerhorns, Red Devil, Severums, Red Head Viejas, Geophagus, Acara, Jewels, Jack Dempseys etc and they ALL are happily eating these. I have one very moody and very boujee Oscar and he will eat these.. but he only wants the tetra floating stick shaped pellets that I bought once, but everyone else hates. Lol so they are *his*. Point is every SA & CA cichlid I own likes these to the point where they will literally snub flakes when I try to feed them those.. which is pretty bold bc they were been raised on tetra cichlid flakes since they were all fry in 2019 when I stocked that pond myself. So 5 years on flakes only, and they got one taste of these pellets and they’re like “flakes who?!” I started the pellets for my Blood Parrots who can have trouble with flakes bc of their mouths.. they were always able to eat enough, but I could tell it’s sometimes a struggle for a few of them. That was the plan.. I did not anticipate everyone else falling in love with these the way they have. All good though 🙂 All fish are different and mine even snub certain foods, so it’s really just trial & error. If they are young, you can pretty much decide for them, but if they are older, they might have some say in it🤣

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good bang for your buck
*by T***4 on June 18, 2026*

It arrived with a small hole poked in the back of the package and food loose in the box (wasn't much). The amazon box was perfect and it was shipped with a bottle of advil, I was confused as to how it aquired the hole. It is a good amount of product for a low price. My fish likes it and he is a fussy eater. The granuals are small and slow sinking. Only gave 4☆ because of the damage

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