Recommend Large flake food

[maibit]

Hi:

I have Severums and Bood Parrots (separate tanks) but they have one
thing in common and that is they will only eat certain sized food. I
like to feed them flake food several times a week which rarely happens
because so far all the brands of flake food I've purchased (clearly
labeled LARGE flakes) have very few large flakes left by the time I
get it home. My blood parrots have a really hard time eating or that
might be catching food. They won't even go after it if it's not a
certain size so can anyone recommend a LARGE flake food that is still
in flakes not crumbs. Or is there something out there like SLOW
sinking pellets. I need advice on foods to feed these guys. My
Severums are just plain picky. If they had their way they'd eat Krill
and peas 3 times a day for the rest of their lives. Silly fish.

Thanks, maibit

[The Madd Hatter]

Go with pellets instead of flakes. When i used to keep SA and NW cichlids, I
used to use one of the Sera products. Its a tubular pellet, bright red in
color. Its meant for large carnivorous cichlids. I forget the exact name,
but If your LFS deals in Sera products, they'll have it..
"maibit" > wrote in message
...
> Hi:
>
> I have Severums and Bood Parrots (separate tanks) but they have one
> thing in common and that is they will only eat certain sized food. I
> like to feed them flake food several times a week which rarely happens
> because so far all the brands of flake food I've purchased (clearly
> labeled LARGE flakes) have very few large flakes left by the time I
> get it home. My blood parrots have a really hard time eating or that
> might be catching food. They won't even go after it if it's not a
> certain size so can anyone recommend a LARGE flake food that is still
> in flakes not crumbs. Or is there something out there like SLOW
> sinking pellets. I need advice on foods to feed these guys. My
> Severums are just plain picky. If they had their way they'd eat Krill
> and peas 3 times a day for the rest of their lives. Silly fish.
>
> Thanks, maibit
>

[The Madd Hatter]

ok, got over my laziness. The product is called, Sera Granuar. Its
formulated and sized for big fish like the ones you have. Here's the link.
http://www.sera.de/English/autoframe.htm?url=http://www.sera.de/english/ratgeber/Futter/zutaten.htm

I found that this stuff would float for a long time if the fish didn't eat
it... Its rare that they won't though. This stuff is good. I used to grind
it up and soak it to give to fry.


"The Madd Hatter" > wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
> Go with pellets instead of flakes. When i used to keep SA and NW cichlids,
I
> used to use one of the Sera products. Its a tubular pellet, bright red in
> color. Its meant for large carnivorous cichlids. I forget the exact name,
> but If your LFS deals in Sera products, they'll have it..
> "maibit" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi:
> >
> > I have Severums and Bood Parrots (separate tanks) but they have one
> > thing in common and that is they will only eat certain sized food. I
> > like to feed them flake food several times a week which rarely happens
> > because so far all the brands of flake food I've purchased (clearly
> > labeled LARGE flakes) have very few large flakes left by the time I
> > get it home. My blood parrots have a really hard time eating or that
> > might be catching food. They won't even go after it if it's not a
> > certain size so can anyone recommend a LARGE flake food that is still
> > in flakes not crumbs. Or is there something out there like SLOW
> > sinking pellets. I need advice on foods to feed these guys. My
> > Severums are just plain picky. If they had their way they'd eat Krill
> > and peas 3 times a day for the rest of their lives. Silly fish.
> >
> > Thanks, maibit
> >
>
>