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jgauna
02-11-2009, 04:24 PM
I was reading up on trophs on another site and came across some interesting ways they are using Kens spirulina super fine flake.
Long story short, some trophs keeper are mixing the flake and water in a blender making sort of a paste smearing it over a rock letting it dry, placing rock back in tank and the fish are eating it. Anyone here tried it?
rolloffhill
02-11-2009, 05:14 PM
I was reading up on trophs on another site and came across some interesting ways they are using Kens spirulina super fine flake.
Long story short, some trophs keeper are mixing the flake and water in a blender making sort of a paste smearing it over a rock letting it dry, placing rock back in tank and the fish are eating it. Anyone here tried it?
I wonder what would happen if you made up some sort of flat sheet of blended flake/water, and dehydrate it to make a bigger flake or chunk?
kewlkatdady
02-11-2009, 05:26 PM
I'd just buy a bigger flake...
but I have thought about doing this with the last little bit of dust in food containers.
jgauna
02-11-2009, 05:38 PM
Some users have mentioned they make little cubes from the paste as well and drop them in the tank. So it may work
I'd just buy a bigger flake...Kens spirulina flake is 98% pure or somewhere around there where as other spirulana flake that i have found or looked up is no where close to it. Only thing is Kens is a very fine flake, this is why i am looking for ways fish can eat it.
KKD what kind of spirulina flake are you using?
Just though about something, like spread the paste on say some wax paper or cookie sheet and freeze it? Ideas?
kewlkatdady
02-11-2009, 06:38 PM
I actually thought about wax paper and get the food wet also....
then drying its out and making flakes what ever size i want...
but who knows...
Holey_Rock_of_Texas
02-11-2009, 07:37 PM
yeah that is really intersting. i would just want to find a way (like what has been suggested) to make them into larger flakes instead of placing a rock in the tank all the time.
biggin
02-11-2009, 07:56 PM
KKD you find "Pure" spirulina flake outside Kens and there will be a stampede behind you....
I would love to buy a larger flake....love to....
khrister
02-11-2009, 08:00 PM
I'll buy half their stockroflmao
kewlkatdady
02-11-2009, 10:02 PM
hell i dont know if its "pure" or not...
don't really care much...
this is what i'm talking about:
KENS PREMIUM SPIRULINA FLAKE:
CICHLIDS, ANGELS, AND SALTWATER VARIETIES ABSOLUTELY THRIVE ON THIS VERY SPECIAL FOOD. CONTAINS EXTRA SPIRULINA ALGEA!
INGREDIENTS:FISH MEAL, SOY FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, OAT FLOUR, CORN GLUTEN MEAL, DRIED SPIRULINA ALGEA, SHRIMP MEAL, DRIED PLANKTON, BREWERS DRIED YEAST, SOY OIL, LECITHIN, VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS A, D3, B12, BIOTIN, NATURAL COLORING, ASCORBIC ACID (SOURCE OF VITAMIN C).
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS:CRUDE PROTEIN 45.0% MIN., CRUDE FAT 9.0% MIN., CRUDE FIBER 1.6% MAX., MOISTURE 9.0% MAX. ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS, EXCEPT FOR SOME ARTIFICIAL COLORING. NO PRESERVATIVES.
not the "pure" flake...
in kens tropheus flake i think he is using 40% spirulina
biggin
02-11-2009, 10:17 PM
I have stuff that is about 40% spirulina and it does not work that well....
kewlkatdady
02-11-2009, 10:31 PM
what do you mean by work?
as in they don't eat it? or what?
tsunderl
02-11-2009, 11:02 PM
Ken told me that if it's pure, it's in the small flake. Spirulina is sprayed on a wall or other upright surface and as it dries, it flakes in to small pieces. He said that large flake has a binder of some sort, fish meal or soy meal for example, that holds the spirulina together to form the larger flakes.
biggin
02-11-2009, 11:09 PM
Bloat....
How does he get flakes? They all have binders of some sort...the stuff I get from Jehmco looks just like his but larger....
http://www.jehmco.com/html/pure_spirulina_flake.html
Kens just disappears in the water and is mostly lost in the water column.
tsunderl
02-11-2009, 11:31 PM
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kewlkatdady
02-12-2009, 09:21 AM
currently not available...
dammit...
I'm fixin to do another food order from somewhere...
Anyone wanna get a group buy together?
group buy thread...
http://www.dfwfishbox.com/forums/production/showthread.php?p=105132#post105132
Bloat....
How does he get flakes? They all have binders of some sort...the stuff I get from Jehmco looks just like his but larger....
http://www.jehmco.com/html/pure_spirulina_flake.html
Kens just disappears in the water and is mostly lost in the water column.
take a couple ounces and mix it with a little water til you have a paste...spread it out and let dry.
after 12 hours of drying you get like small chunks that almost immediately sink and stay together for a while, long enough for my bn's to find it and devour it
rolloffhill
03-04-2009, 03:08 PM
Kinda what I said...:confused:
now there is no wondering..
rolloffhill
03-04-2009, 03:14 PM
Good point...:flipa:
Bloat....
How does he get flakes? They all have binders of some sort...the stuff I get from Jehmco looks just like his but larger....
http://www.jehmco.com/html/pure_spirulina_flake.html
Kens just disappears in the water and is mostly lost in the water column.
if you look at the jehmco pic of their flake; kens is much darker
biggin
03-04-2009, 03:27 PM
Since I have purchased both of them...I can tell you that in person they look almost identical other then size.
Look, feel are both the same.
Jehmco has a strong odor but other then that they are about the same.
if you look at the jehmco pic of their flake; kens is much darker
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