For algae-eating (grazing) cichlids from Lake Malawi and Tanganyika..
- With 38% top quality, protein-rich Spirulina algae (S. Platensis).
- Plankton
- Studies in the lakes of the Great Rift Valley have shown that the algae-grazing cichlids eat diatom and blue-green algae(Cyanophyceen) and not green algae, as often presumed.
- When grazing on algae, the fish consume 2-10% animal protein in the form of the micro organisms which live in the algae. The same balance is attached through the shrimp contained ion the food.