Tropheus Flakes - Ken's Fish, what's your opinion?

[tattoo]

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that was one reason i bough it because you said it was good for flake,,,, even though you hate flake..

[eklikewhoa]

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I do hate it.... I would not put flakes in my tank unless it was bound to something.

[imagirlgeek]

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I like the flakes from Ken's because they always come in huge sheets, so I'm not dumping a bunch of stuff in the tank that's just going to be sucked into the filter.  Our trophs and petros eat Cichlid Excel pellets (soaked in tank water before served), Ken's Premium Veggie Flake, Ken's Tropheus Lover's Flake, and occasionally Ken's pure Spiralina, NLS, and Mysis shrimp as a treat.

We order from Ken's pretty often (of course we are set for the next couple months now), but I'll post next time we are going to order and maybe some of us can go in together and just split the shipping cost.  Me and Jeebus and Kiovo did that last time and it works out nicely because we each bought 1 lbs of a certain flake and then traded some to each other.  It allowed us to try different foods.

[eklikewhoa]

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The Ken's No Carb color mini pellets looks interesting.

[russ]

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i thought the no carb looked pretty interesting to.a guy in georgia feeds his petros and trophs it,and said it really gets them in shape for breeding.im thinking of trying some.did the site say what size it is other than mini?i wouldnt mind trying it on some fry and see how well their growth is.im still a little leary of it though.that much protein for tropheus and or petro. :think:

[eklikewhoa]

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Says the mini is like 0.85-1.5mm if I'm not mistaken.

[russ]

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yeah i just checked and the smallest is .84-1.2.but has a few different types that go all the way up to 5 mm.what kind would you get ek and what fish would you use it for.i was thinking of getting the smallest for my tropheus and get the premium color for my petros.its size is 1.2-1.5 and has 56% protein

i d probably feed once a day and use my hbh flake 2wice a day.
what do you think

[eklikewhoa]

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Honestly I wouldn't feed it to my fish... maybe some troph fry just to see what it can do...

I have a mix that I find great and will be feeding that to my Trophs and Petros.

[Cubbies]

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What do you feed your trophs EK??

[eklikewhoa]

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Turtle food...

[russ]

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lol.damn your crazy!!!
sometimes i feed mine birdfeed.. :rockon:

[eklikewhoa]

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Honestly though....


Here's the mix..

Staple all mixed and split between 5lb tubs.
2x5lb tub of NLS cichlid formula
2x 1lb Dainichi veggie deluxe
1x 1lb Dainichi veggie FX
1x 300g NLS Thera+A

Shrimpmix fed maybe once a month
1lb raw tiger shrimp no tail, some shell
few sheets of Nori
PE mysis
Spirulina Brine
Garlic
Banana
Spinach
HBH 8Veggie
NLS Thera+A
Vitamin C

[russ]

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got it down to a science,huh ek!
how long have you fed this mixture.have you fed your ilangi this since you have had them?just wondering if you noticed more spawns after you started feeding this.why only once a month on the shrimp mix?

[geoff_tropheus]

What is this low-carb stuff you guys are talking about?

Lets get the Atkins Flakes and Pellets!!

[geoff_tropheus]

By the way, all the Kens Fish Tropheus flakes are good foods. I feed them from time to time with no issues.

I feed Aquarian Tropical Flake food and NLS Cichlid Formula.

Adrian,
What kind of bloat problems are you experiencing and what foods you feeding now?