Tropical Red Mico Colour Sticks (bloodworm-like sticks)

Description

Red Mico Colour Sticks

A color-enhancing food for omnivorous and carnivorous aquarium fish from fresh, in the form of bloodworm-like sticks (resembling Chironomidae larvae).
Size and form of food: sticks 6 x 0.8 mm
About the product:

A color-enhancing food for omnivorous and carnivorous aquarium fish

Bloodworm-like floating sticks (resembling Chironomidae larvae) placed in the aquarium in the water current imitate the movement of live insects, which encourages fish to feed

Astaxanthin and red pepper intensify the colors of fish in a short period of time and ensure their excellent condition

High protein content affects the growth of fish

Natural immune stimulator – beta-glucan – and stabilized Vitamic C enhance fish’s resistance to diseases

When used regularly, it ensures steady growth, excellent condition and intense colors

Optimal phosphorus levels meet the needs of fish and do not increase the concentration of this element in the water, hence do not contribute to algal blooms

Benefits for your fish:

Intensifies coloration

Encourages growth and maturation

Stimulates reproduction

Improves immunity

Encourages fish to feed

Examples of fish:

Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)
African butterfly cichlid (Anomalochromis thomasi)
Sumatra barb (Puntigrus tetrazona)
Twospot barb (Pethia padamya)
Malabar danio (Devario malabaricus)
Short-finned molly (Poecilia sphenops)
Green swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri)
Common platy (Xiphophorus maculatus)
Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
Dwarf gourami (Trichogaster lalius)
Pearl gourami (Trichogaster leerii)
Boeseman’s rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)
Betta (Betta spp.)
Blue lyretail (Fundulopanchax gardneri)

Red Mico Colour Sticks: a bloodworm-style treat for SG community tanks

These floating sticks are shaped to mimic Chironomidae larvae, and that resemblance is the point: placed in the current they wriggle like live bloodworm, triggering a feeding response in omnivores and carnivores that may ignore static pellets. The astaxanthin and red pepper supply the carotenoids that deepen reds and oranges, making this a useful colour-boosting treat rather than a sole staple for everyday feeding.

We treat foods like this as an enrichment item a few times a week alongside a balanced base diet, which keeps colour up without overloading fish on a single profile. In our warm 27-29C tanks the floating format lets you watch each fish strike and feed, so portion to what is taken in a minute. Remove any sticks that drift into dead corners before they break down and add to the bioload.

See our cichlid food range, and read our colour-enhancement diet guide with our cichlid pellet size chart to match food to mouth size.