Tropical

Polish company Tropical Tadeusz Ogrodnik was founded in 1977. Nowadays they have very modern manufacturing facilities with wide variety of products.

PRODUCT REVIEWS:

Tropical Mikrovit Hi-Protein

This powdered food is especially designed for baby fish. Young fry need lot of vitamins to thrive and if fed solely with live food they may suffer from malnutrition.

INGREDIENTS:
fish and fish derivatives, cereals, eggs and egg products, vegetable protein extracts, molluscs and crustaceans (including flour Krill min. 1, 5%), meat and derivatives, yeasts, derivatives of plant origin, algae (including Spirulina platensis min. 1%, min Haematococcus pluvialis. 0, 17%), oils and fats, minerals, colouring and antioxidant additives.

NUTRITIONAL VALUES:
Crude protein 49,0%
Crude fat 8,5%
Crude fibre 3,0%
Crude ash 8,5%
Moisture 6,0%
Vitamin A 42500 IU / kg,
Vitamin D3 2650 IU / kg
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol acetate) 180 mg / kg
Vitamin C (ascorbilfosfato) 320 mg / kg
L-carnitine 265 mg / kg
Beta-carotene 145 mg / kg
Lecithin

VARIETIES AND PRICE LEVEL:
Only 75 ml / 35g costing 3-6 €.

APPETITE:
Usually baby fish of all sizes consider this as a delicacy. Adult Corydoras species eat this too.

SINKING SPEED:
Due to its powdered nature this food may stay on the water surface. It must be sunk manually if the fry are on the bottom.

Tropical Mikrovit is sold in a tiny can.
This is understandable considering the diminutive daily consumption.

The powdered form of food is ideal for small fry.

Nothobranchius species hatch without yolk sac. They need food from the very start of their short life.
This newly born N. korthausae is only 3 millimetres long.
It can not consume Artemia yet. However it can be fed with infusoria, microworms and Tropical Mikrovit.
For killifish vitamins are important. They help colour development, growth and maturing.

Smaller Corydoradinae species, like this C. hastatus, can be grown with their parents.
Tropical Mikrovit suits well for adult Corys too. The fish in the picture is only 7 mm long.

Tropical Shrimp Sticks are sold in a nice dispenser. This is a 250ml can.

Tropical Shrimp Sticks are quite small (about 6-7 mm long).

Tropical Shrimp Sticks

This is very nice small sized shrimp food which contains bio-active immunostimulant (Beta-1.3/1.6-Glucan).

INGREDIENTS:
fish and fish derivatives, molluscs, crustaceans (including Krill meal min. 2,5%), derivatives of plant origin, algae (including Spirulina platensis min. 3%, yeasts, cereals, oils and fats and minerals.

NUTRITIONAL VALUES:
Crude protein 45,0%
Crude fat 7%
Crude fibres 4,0%
Moisture 8,0%
Vitamin A 29 800 IU / kg,
Vitamin D3 1 890 IU / kg
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol acetate) 100 mg / kg
Vitamin C (ascorbic and phosphate) 250 mg / kg
Astaxanthin (color) 80 mg / kg

VARIETIES AND PRICE LEVEL:
100 ml / 55g costing about 3 € and 250 ml / 138 g costing about 6 €.

APPETITE:
Shrimps (especially Neocaridina species) love these.

SINKING SPEED:
Some of these sink immediately, some float a while.