what spirulina is everyone using? what is everyone feeding?

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:53 pm

getting ready for the zebras i plan to pick up this weekend and wanted to know what kind of spirulina is everyone using in their homeade foods? i searched it and came back with all sorts of stuff.

if someone can link me to what they are using it would be great.

thanks!

CDNAqua · Post by **CDNAqua** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:22 pm

Your local health food store is the best place for powdered spirulina.

peace

Troy

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:58 pm

anyone have a picture or link to what they are using?

i have seen a bunch of different types of spirulina, some with additives that start with a c, pill form, capsule, powder etc... are they all the same? should i just buy flakes or something with spirulina already in it?

what about the hikari frozen brine shrimp that have been fed spirulina, any good?

CDNAqua · Post by **CDNAqua** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:48 am

eklikewhoa wrote:anyone have a picture or link to what they are using?

i have seen a bunch of different types of spirulina, some with additives that start with a c, pill form, capsule, powder etc... are they all the same? should i just buy flakes or something with spirulina already in it?

what about the hikari frozen brine shrimp that have been fed spirulina, any good?

Yes, hikari frozen brine shrimp that have been fed spirulina would be very good.
mixing in spirulina flakes with your meaty foods would be a good way to supplment. I doubt your zebs would like plain spirulina flake so mixing it would be best solution.

Sera has some good sprilina foods maybe try something like this

http://www.aquaristic.net/Productinform ... -Tabs.html

hope that helps.

Regards

Troy

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:56 am

ok thanks.

so i could just use spirulina flakes in the blender when i make some homeade foods for the zebras?

KenW · Post by **KenW** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:20 pm

Hi eklikewhoa,

mixing the flakes with a blender or a food processer will work nicely. But in my experience the babies did not seem to mind eating the flakes when fed. I've use the "OSI" brand and the "Aquatrol Spirulina20".

Ken

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:36 am

thanks for the reply.

i believe they would eat just the flakes themselves but i just want to give the little ones something extra, feed them like royalty

and figured i could knock out two birds with one stone mixing it all together.

Post by **Barbie** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:17 pm

I use spirulina powder I purchased at the health food store to add to my homemade foods. It's not expensive, but then I know all of the other ingredients are as fresh as possible, not potentially degraded like they can be in flake foods and what not.

Barbie

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:26 pm

everyone says health food stores but i havent found anything, what are the names of the health food stores?

i have checked gnc, herbal places and most food stores.

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:33 pm

i was wondering what everyone feeds their zebras, from staple to homemade. i was able to find spirulina enriched wafers so i might try those but i have been feeding mine hikari carnivore, hikari algae and NLS h2o tablets.

what i wanted to know is what you guys feed cause mine wont eat NLS h2o nor the algae wafers but they love the carnivore wafers

crazie.eddie · Post by **crazie.eddie** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:45 pm

I don't think mine eat algae discs either. Even though I leave it in there. I can't tell if it's smaller becuase it normally dissolves a bit or if they are actually eating some. If they do, it's not much. Compared to bloodworms. I defnitely can tell that they are eating them.

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:39 pm

yeah mine dont touch the algae wafers so i have kept it for my other plecos that do eat it but the zp's dont touch the NLS either.

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:09 am

some intresting reading over at another forum about spirulina.

http://www.cyphos.com/forums/showthread ... ge=1&pp=10