OG Corydoras Food has a special blend of an insect meal diet, that bottom feeding fish would consume the wild.

Ingredients

Insect Meal, Brewer’s yeast, Wheat Gluten, Fish Hydrolysate, Wheat flour, Soya, Spirulina, Alfalfa, Fish Meal, Garlic, Kale, Spinach and Vitamins.

Analytical Content

Protein 37%
Fat 8.1%
Fibre 3.55%
Moisture 7%
Ash 8.2%

Extra Information on selective Ingredients

Micronekton: The original Micronekton from Japan, only found in a single region there, is exceptionally rich in natural minerals and trace elements.

 Minerals and trace elements are essential for all organisms as they play an important part in many metabolistic processes and are crucial for the production of enzymes (e.g. in the moulting process of dwarf shrimp). A lack of the essential minerals will result in deficiencies, problems and even diseases. Micronekton serves as an important mineral depot and creates the most favourable conditions for bacteria.

The all-important small accompanying fauna organisms that provide for a good and stable water quality and serve shrimp as food are very sensitive to mineral deficiencies, so are young shrimplets.

• Fennel
“Fennel is globally used as vegetable, condiment or medicinal plant. Even in ancient Chinese medicine, fennel was held in high esteem. It has also proven its value as a shrimp food ingredient. Fennel contains a great amount of secondary plant substances, which have a very positive effect on shrimps (Logemann, n.d.)”

“Fennel contains
the essential oils anethole and fenchone, bergapten, boron, camphor, carvon, chamazulene, citral, citronella, coumarin, eugenol, flavonoids, fumaric acid, caffeic acid, limonene, linalool, linoleic acid, myristicin, psoralene, salicylate, thymol, tocopherol, trigonelline, umbelliferone, xanthotoxin, vitamin C
Fennel is also very rich in highly available minerals (Logemann, n.d.)”

• Amino acids
“Amino acids are the basic components of life itself. Only 22 amino acids are necessary to form around 100,000 different proteins. Protein is one of the main components of a shrimp’s body, with around 20% of the total body weight.
Amino acids are necessary for the formation of proteins. They are not only used for building muscle tissue, organs, cells, for repairing tissues and so on, but they also form antibodies against bacteria and viruses. Moreover, they are a part of the enzymatic and the hormonal system, form the nucleoproteins (RNA and DNA) and transport oxygen through the body (Logemann, n.d.).

• Mustard seed
“The most important active substance contained in mustard seed is mustard oil. This oil only forms after a chemical process that takes place when the mustard seed is ground and then mixed with water. The sinalbin and the sinigrin that form during this process give mustard its keenness and have an appetising effect. These secondary plant substances also further digestion and are efficient against bacteria(Logemann, n.d.).”