Feeding For 125 Gallon Cichlid Tank

I have a 125-gallon cichlid. The stocking list is 1x Oscar 1x Red-spotted Sevrum 1x Gold Sevrum 1x Jack Dempsy 1x Green Terror 1x Electric Alue Acra 1x Royal Pleco. they have all been in the 125 since 1-3 inches. No aggression and there is plenty of driftwood and rocks. They are all young adults now the oscar being the biggest since they grow faster. Still, none are full adults yet. I feed cichlid pellets and bloodworms throughout the week. Feeding once in the morning once in the afternoon/night. Now that they are getting bigger I want to very the diet. The pleco gets some veggies but other than that I haven't tried much.

I just bought krill this week for the first time. When I tried feeding the oscar ended up taking the krill I put in. It's hard to get food past him but his personality is friendly and great. I would like some ideas to carry their diet. Some tips to get the food past the larger fish like the oscar. Everyone is healthy and doing alright but I would still like some opinions on the matter. )))))

 

Just offer some different foods - live or frozen. Cut down on the bloodworm and offer black and white mosquito, mysis, artemia, krill, daphnia etc.

 

Have you tried feeding the Oscar at one end of the tank then immediately put food at the other end for the others? As well as a variety of frozen food you could vary the type of pellets that you use.

 

I'm not feeding that many blood worms. It's more like twice a week. Still the options you said still for smaller fish. The fish in my take will get past 10 inches. I have seen shrimp and all sports feed to large cichlids. Thanks for those ideas but I'm trying to look for large foods. live or frozen
(mostly frozen)

For the different pellet types does anyone have any recommendations for a pellet that will work well with my fish, maybe I mix some together. (I use Xstream pellets right now)

 

Bug bites cichlid pellets seem to go down well (they float) also ultra fresh Royal cichlid pellets (they sink). My severum likes both. I am sure there are many others, I have a limited availability here. I have also used omega one cichlid pellets but they are rather small for your fish, unless they make a bigger version. I find even my larger fish like frozen Artemia. The other thing, and maybe the best option, you can do is make your own food using white fish, shrimps and a bit of veggies, add flavorless gelatin to keep it together. Freeze it in a shallow tray and cut or break off pieces of appropriate size, thaw it before feeding. This is good for large cichlids. If you can easily get earthworms they would be a good treat as well.