Green Marine Algae

[jkdjedi]

Hey fellows I was in the pet store earlier and had an interesting conversation with one of the employees (at PetCo), he was really excited that I had Tropheus and even more surprised that they were breeding in my tanks, almost didn't believe me until I mentioned how I get these from other forum members garages, lol. He had tried to keep them but never had any luck as they'd die off so easily, almost made me feel really proud that I was doing a decent job with my groups. So he mentioned that I try feeding this Green Marine Algae that come in these (freeze dried?) squares. Anybody here swear by them? 

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I don't have any tropheus yet but I feed my saltwater fish regular seaweed (nori) that you get in the grocery store for making sushi and they chow down like there is no tomorrow.

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I've never seen it before...can you take a close up of the ingredient list?

[jkdjedi]

Aug 25, 2016 7:06:12 GMT -5 @cichlidjunkie said:

I don't have any tropheus yet but I feed my saltwater fish regular seaweed (nori) that you get in the grocery store for making sushi and they chow down like there is no tomorrow.

Aug 25, 2016 7:08:30 GMT -5 ... said:

I've never seen it before...can you take a close up of the ingredient list?

Interesting, might give that a try, Nori for Tropheus! Australis the listed ingredient is Natural Dried Seaweed (Porphyra yezoensis) is that Nori too? 

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

I guess that after hearing the story, I would stick to what I was doing and not take advice from someone that used to keep tropheus but "they'd die off so easily"... lol- NO offense to this fella but he must have done something wrong.

[jkdjedi]

Aug 25, 2016 12:38:38 GMT -5 Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7 said:

I guess that after hearing the story, I would stick to what I was doing and not take advice from someone that used to keep tropheus but "they'd die off so easily"... lol- NO offense to this fella but he must have done something wrong.

Lol...yeah he had a ruff start like me, seemed to have gotten a handle of it before letting the hobby go and now he seems to want to start up again from our conversation. He was quick to point out their special diet requirements so I gave him some credit after that.

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Ah gotcha. Yeah that makes sense then. You should supply him some fry when the time is right. Keep it local!

[EB]

I know this is an old thread but I've fed that to trophs In the past, they loved it.
Never had any issues. I'd throw throw a quarter of a sheet in and they'd attack it like a pack of wolves... I used to feed them, romaine, spinach, zucchini even cilantro! Now I just stick to spirulina flake mostly out of laziness...

[nolefan]

Dec 3, 2016 22:13:49 GMT -5 EB said:

I know this is an old thread but I've fed that to trophs In the past, they loved it.
Never had any issues. I'd throw throw a quarter of a sheet in and they'd attack it like a pack of wolves... I used to feed them, romaine, spinach, zucchini even cilantro! Now I just stick to spirulina flake mostly out of laziness...

I get mine from the Asian store and all my tropheus love it I just presoak mine first

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

I would start off with a little piece clipped to the glass and see how they like it. They might get freaked out over a bigger piece.