Recommend Large flake food

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

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
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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

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...er/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.


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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