Anyway, frozen brine shrimp and freeze dried blood worms are two of my balas favorites, they dart around like crazy devouring them. Tetramin tropical crisps are good for them too.
Other things I have seen balas eat? Shrimp pellets, floating cichlid pellets amd spirulina discs.
Luckily they aren't too picky.
BTW, they like driftwood too. They seem to peck at it alot.