hi, anyone ever use the "high active mineral" for their flowerhorns? i was surfing on youtube and saw a few videos of people using this powder to increase activity, appetite, color, pearl, and kok of their flowerhorns. also i read people use this in asia to prep their fish for competitions...
High active mineral for flowerhorn
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high active mineral is generally used for fish that have recently been transported to get them up to a speedy recovery because of the stressful trip. As far as it being used for competitions and general use, there's really no need for it. Your fish will shine with a good food and clean water. Oh and stimulation from other flowerhorns or a mirror. I honestly wouldn't spend money on it. People claim it makes their fish more active and color up, but flowerhorns do this naturally over time.
Exactly, like most of the things marketed for flowerhorns, or more accurately, marketed for flowerhorn keepers.
$120 for 1kg of this product. WTF?
Osmoregulatory stress (caused by shipping/transport) is easily reduced by using common salt (sodium chloride) - one of the exact same active ingredients in this overpriced product, and if one feels the need to add mineral content to their tank water there are far less expensive ways to go about it, such as using marine salt mixes, crushed oyster shell, crushed coral, as filter medium, etc.
Don't be sucked in by the FH marketing gurus, or any of the vendors that sell such products.
Your lo$$, is their gain.