Agcore Fish Food

[gturmindright]

agcorefishfood.com/index.html/


Anyone? Am I going to be the guinea pig?

[...]

Never heard of it...guinea pig 😉

[thefishdaddy]

Robert, I have never heard of Agcore fish food from the looks of it they culture Spirulina, w/c is a good food for Tropheus but I don't want my fish to be the lab rat I would go with what is tried, tested and recommended by several experienced Tropheus keepers, for me sometimes economics play a role in this expensive hobby. My fish consumes 1.5 pounds of Dainichi baby pellets, if I buy Agcore w/c cost over $38/lb over the Dainichi veggie deluxe and Dainichi Veggie FX that are between $14-$17.50/lb. if you buy 5.5 lbs of it from yourfishstuff.com with free shipping and a 10% discount and 90% of my Tropheus are still juvenile once they reach full adulthood it might triple not counting the 5 other fish food I feed w/c are Aquatrol spirulina 20, Omega one veggie kelp pellets, Ocean Nutrition formula 2 soft and moist pellets, NLS Algaemax pellets and YFS Veggie wafers.

If you don't mind me suggesting because you mentioned that you have never kept Tropheus, when you setup your 75 gallon tank don't add any decorations so you can observe your fish just add dolomite gravel to buffer the water, buy half a kilo of Metronidazole from Jhemco.com this is the most important thing to buy don't worry if it expires I'm using a 1 Kilo metronidazole container that was expired 5.5 years ago, then buy the most number of fish that you like and can afford preferably fry not wild Andrew C. Is near by he has at least 5 varieties to choose from and you can even pick it up if he opens his doors while over there pick his brains and observe his tanks, lights can be added later 2 heaters using a temperature controller I like Ranco Jehmco.com has them or buy it on ebay and wire them yourself, filtration just pick from a wide sellection I prefer sponge filters and Aquaclear 500 or you could go low tech and try HMF (Hamberg Matten filters) and just make your own, if your tap has a low KH and GH a mixture of epsom salt from Walmart, reef salt and baking soda with a ratio of 2:1:1 mix the powder in small air tight container because they will dissolve and clump together, in our Sothern California water I add 1 tbs. Per 10 gallons and 1 drop of lugols solution for fish food mixing the baby Dainichi veggie deluxe and veggie FX in a ratio of 2:1 to save and the spirulina 20 for the little fry this 2 is good enough or add the Omega one these are the three that my fish likes to eat also buy the Eheim auto feeder if you like them to grow faster, lastly sit relax and watch your fish you will learn more if there is something going on with them than reading all what others say.

Happy Fish Keeping
Chuck

[gturmindright]

Thank you for all that information. Very very helpful. Maybe I'll try that food after I got some experience under my belt.

[brianyelick]

You guys should try the northfin kelp wafers I like them better but other than that dainichi veggie fx and spirulina flake

[thefishdaddy]

Brian, thanks for the suggestion I saw Northfin when I ordered stuff from Kensfish, did not order them because I Din't see a whole lot of people in this forum suggesting it, the ingredients and reviews online looks promising, the next time I order I'll make sure to add some of the 1mm pellets.

Robert, let me correct my error on the suggestion I did, the mixture of Epsom Salt, Reef Salt and Baking Soda is 3:1:1 and be careful with the lugols solution they say it's toxic to fish, but I never had any problems with it just add 1 drop per 20 to be on the safe side, and I add it when I'm doing a water change I will try to see if I can test my tanks iodine level, this was very helpful long time ago when I used to keep a lot of shell dwellers they prevented and cured thyroid problems.

[thefishdaddy]

Brian, thanks for the Northfin suggestion I got a 250 gram bag of the 1mm my Tropheus likes this better than the NLS Algaemax and the size is almost the same as the Dainichi's I might try mixing it with the Dainichi in the auto feeder.

[brianyelick]

That is exactly what I've been doing lately all my trophs love it. You should try the 14mm kelp wafers I get em wet for 30 seconds and you can press it on the glass it helps promote face to face feeding and helps establish and maintain their group dynamic. Plus its fun to watch.