Mike, Are there any special benefits to marine flake rather than tropical flake? The pellets may be Tetra Bits; known as Prima in the UK. What is the best brand of frozen brine shrimp? Anytime I've bought it it looks nothing like shrimp more like cotton wool when thawed in the tank. My fish are fed frozen blood worm, live white worm, flake (not keen on it though) and any surplus BBS. They also get some live daphia/cyclops in the short Scottish summer. They love the white worm but only feed this once or twice a week as they can overeat them. Ken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@majordomo.pobox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@majordomo.pobox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!