a pellet food with 60% protein and is also advertised as easily digestible?
I spoke with ZM themselves and there reply was ZM fry food is just that fry food and all fry will benefit from it if they don’t have a protein problem. Still this did not answer my question and I am still confused – can anyone help? < I feel your pain and do have an explanation. Tropheus, as you already know, are herbivores. In the wild they eat algae and little microorganisms that live within the strains that they graze from the rocks. As such they have a very long digestive tract to break down this algae. This gut is full of bacteria that help break down the algae. When you introduce a new food, especially ones high in protein, the bacteria aren't use to this new food source and this is when the problems start. Usually the food causes a blockage because the bacteria have not had this highly nutritious food source before and they multiply out of control. I have a friend that also feeds his colonies of Tropheus flakes, frozen shrimp, pellets, bloodworms and smelt! He and I have had man
