even the best fish foods are missing many essential nutrients that your fish
need these nutrients are lost in the processing of commercial fish food so we
have to supplement for them and make sure that these guys got everything they
need in today's video I'm going to share with you all supplements that I use and
more importantly why I use them let's go
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so let me start off by saying what this video isn't gonna be about this video
isn't gonna be about which brand is the best food out there
there are tons and tons of videos with testing and comparisons so I've done my
own research I've experimented with my fish find out what they like what's best
for them and I blend it with northen now you can
do your research on orphan online you can go to Facebook groups ask around the
forums and you're gonna hear and read the same things over and over and over
northen is a great food for african cichlids but this video isn't about an
orphan it's about everything that Norv in and every other commercial fish food
is missing and what we should be supplementing as good as northen is it's
still a processed food that loses many vitamins minerals and amino acids when
it's produced due to the drying and heating process of the pellets there's
no avoiding it what this video is gonna be about is the supplements that I use
to add to this great fish food and replace those missing nutrients to
enhance your fish's health their color their growth their longevity of life and
their overall happiness which is what we want for our guys anyway right so no
fluff on this channel as usual let's get right into it okay guys here we go
got my fish food here my cichlid formula I got a mixing Cup and my teaspoon that
I used to serve the food so I've got about 30 guys in this tank
and I feed them one heaping teaspoon of pellets some faux red in the cup that's
good
you want to make sure that you feed enough food that gets eaten in about one
to two minutes any more than that and you're gonna run into problems with over
feeding you guys don't want those problems by the way I also feed all
three varieties of the cichlid formula I feed the cichlid formula along with the
cichlid veggies and also the cruel formula I do this just to add some
variety you know spoil my guys that's what I do
get these out of the way okay guys so the first product I want to show you
guys is cool garlic guard now we all know about garlic guard we know that
it's a flavor enhancer for fish food we know that if you have a finicky eater
that doesn't really want to eat go out a guard is going to help them to eat but
there's more to garlic guard than just that garlic contains allicin which has a
huge impact on fish health especially when it comes to fish disease and
parasite resistance I make sure I never own a la Garda guard and I never miss a
feeding without it you can also use pure crushed garlic and get the same benefits
I use one cat full of garlic guard / feeding
next supplement I'm going to use is called vitality a very important vitamin
that gets destroyed by the processing of commercial fish foods is vitamin C
vitamin C is by far the most important vitamin for your fish just like with us
vitamin C helps boost your immune system it'll help your fish recover from
illness as well as body and fin damage you'll notice some awesome regrowth of
fins after some fighting or aggression problems in your tank just by feeding
them this once per day I also had one capful of vitality to the fish food
my next supplement is called vitae chem from Boyd enterprises now Northland food
has a great amount of amino acids but it's missing a few important ones
Vanakkam is basically a multivitamin like we would take a multivitamin for
ourselves every day and it has many of the amino acids missing from commercial
fish food these essential amino acids will ensure healthy fish overall and
will also help infinite regrowth as well this stuff is super concentrated at one
drop per gallon of tap water so I'd like to add about 10 drops into my fish room
more than enough
finally my last supplement kind of a secret but not really a secret is
zooplankton the zooplankton is essentially used in saltwater reef tanks
to aid in the growth and coloration of corals but zooplankton also provides a
boost to natural melanin production which brings out the awesome color of
fish that have high pigmentation in other words these guys believe
zooplankton is going to make your fish color pop so I take one capful of
zooplankton for feeding also guys keep in mind that I'm showing you the process
for a once a one time feeding you can also set this food up with this mixture
for the whole week so now that I've got my little concoction right here I'm
going to mix it up and let it sit for about twenty to thirty minutes and wait
for the pellets to soak all of it up and then we'll come back when it's ready for
feeding by the way guys I will have links to all this stuff in the
description below alright guys it's been about 20 minutes let's take a look at
the food you'll know when your food is ready for feeding when almost all the
liquid is gone and the pellets just look like mushy mush that means that all the
nutrients have been soaked up by the pellets and it's time to feed let's see
how these guys like this stuff
so as you can see some of it has hit the substrate but these guys are gonna eat
it all up in about a minute won't be anything left if you guys got African
cichlids or maybe you're thinking about raising these guys then check this video
out on top it's got some great tips on African cichlids or if you're new to the
Hobby in general then check this play this out on the bottom that will give
you a bunch of helpful information see you guys in our next one