Flowerhorn food with spirulina?

I have recently bought a flowerhorn and have been getting the last things together before it arrives in a week. I have the tank which is completely cycled for over a year, and some food such as HakarI gold. I have been just doing more and more research and making sure I have everything right before it comes. I was wondering what other foods are good since the one I bought has quite a bit of blue I found that spirulina enhances that color. What food would be good for a flowerhorn that contains more spirulina? Any tips for keeping a flowerhorn will be helpful. Thank you!

I'll attach the flowerhorn I bought, the one picture is from a week in a half ago and the other is just today.
Thanks for the tips and information that anyone that has cared for this cichlid can give me!

 

The best thing I’ve noticed to work with majority of cichlids I kept, is get a decent size jar or container and buy multiple brands of cichlid food NLS, Omega One, Fluval Bugbites, Northfin pellets, Xtreme fish food, Etc and for extra spirulina get the veggie pellets those have the highest content. And mixed them together and make that what you feed him. Variety is key for any fish. I also feed frozen fish foods occasionally.

 

The best thing I’ve noticed to work with majority of cichlids I kept, is get a decent size jar or container and buy multiple brands of cichlid food NLS, Omega One, Fluval Bugbites, Northfin pellets, Xtreme fish food, Etc and for extra spirulina get the veggie pellets those have the highest content. And mixed them together and make that what you feed him. Variety is key for any fish. I also feed frozen fish foods occasionally.

I have northfin cichlid (3mm), HikarI cichlid gold, I also have the kelp wafers but they are for the plecos and have been thinking of buying the northfin veggie formula. I also am going to buy freeze dried krill, shrimp and maybe crickets from the pet store.

 

Freeze dried anything is not worth it your basically feeding air to them. The freeze dried process removes all the nutrients and basically leaves you with an empty husk. I never personally been a fan of HakarI pellets but that’s my opinion. You can try the Omega one Super color Veggie pellets easy enough to find in stores. Frozen fish food is better unless you can somehow get your hands on live I will always go for Frozen mysis shrimp, krill, they even have brine shrimp with spirulina frozen.

 

I assume you are keeping the bacteria alive in the cycled tank somehow. Flowerhorns get red color as well as they grow and seems like yours too. For basic food, I would say stick with NLS exclusively, it's a good food and already made of mixes. If you want to stick to hikarI then HikarI bio gold plus is better option for flowerhorn.

 

I assume you are keeping the bacteria alive in the cycled tank somehow. Flowerhorns get red color as well as they grow and seems like yours too. For basic food, I would say stick with NLS exclusively, it's a good food and already made of mixes. If you want to stick to hikarI then HikarI bio gold plus is better option for flowerhorn.

Yes, I had African cichlids in the tank and just moved them today to their other tank so the Flowerhorn can have the main tank. I kept my two plecos (L200 and BN) and will move them the day before the fish arrives.

 

Yes, I had African cichlids in the tank and just moved them today to their other tank so the Flowerhorn can have the main tank. I kept my two plecos (L200 and BN) and will move them the day before the fish arrives.

I think you can leave one pleco in there if you want. You got a beautiful fish. Enjoy him. How big is your tank?

 

I think you can leave one pleco in there if you want. You got a beautiful fish. Enjoy him. How big is your tank?

A 75 gallon with 2 Marineland penguin bio-wheels (350 GPH). Thank you, I believe he is a kamfa. I want to leave my Green Phantom pleco in the main tank because I am obsessed with it but I am afraid the FH will be too aggressive and harm it. I paid quite a bit for both so I don't want any casualties. Any tips for grooming the FH?

 

A 75 gallon with 2 Marineland penguin bio-wheels (350 GPH). Thank you, I believe he is a kamfa. I want to leave my Green Phantom pleco in the main tank because I am obsessed with it but I am afraid the FH will be too aggressive and harm it. I paid quite a bit for both so I don't want any casualties. Any tips for grooming the FH?

High quality food NLS, don't go on flowerhorn specific food hype.
Good water params (usual + stable pH, around 4KH and around 10GH)
Add some seachem trace
Dark blue background
Show him a mirror once or twice a day to make him flare or have a parrot fish that you can add for sometime once a day from another tank
Water temperature about 78-82 (Bacteria tends to grow faster in warmer water)

Important thing is better looking doesn't mean healty fish.

 

High quality food NLS, don't go on flowerhorn specific food hype.
Good water params (usual + stable pH, around 4KH and around 10GH)
Add some seachem trace
Dark blue background
Show him a mirror once or twice a day to make him flare or have a parrot fish that you can add for sometime once a day from another tank
Water temperature about 78-82 (Bacteria tends to grow faster in warmer water)

Important thing is better looking doesn't mean healty fish.

I have a black background and white sand. I have a mirror to show him and I keep the temperature around 82. All I want is for this fish to be healthy.

 

I have northfin cichlid (3mm), HikarI cichlid gold, I also have the kelp wafers but they are for the plecos and have been thinking of buying the northfin veggie formula. I also am going to buy freeze dried krill, shrimp and maybe crickets from the pet store.

I give Northfin veggie formula to my cichlids. It's very good, in fact I think Northfin in general is at least equal in quality to NLS which I also use.

 

I have a black background and white sand. I have a mirror to show him and I keep the temperature around 82. All I want is for this fish to be healthy.

Try lowering temperature by 1 degree at a time till 78. If flowerhorn becomes less active then go up 1 degree and stay there. 80 might be sweet spot for you.