Sera San Color Flakes

Sera San Color Flakes

Sera San Color Flakes is a floating colour-enhancing flake food for ornamental fish that feed at the water surface. It helps bring out natural colour while supplying the essential nutrients fish need, so it can be fed every day. It suits South African freshwater hobbyists who want vivid, lively fish from a natural recipe with no dyes or preservatives.

Ornamental fish reward their keepers with rich body colours and shiny skin, and diet plays a large part in that. Sera San Color Flakes support natural colour formation using natural ingredients only. These include 10% krill and Haematococcus algae rich in astaxanthin, alongside spirulina and gammarus. These ingredients contain highly functional pigments that encourage colour development naturally, without artificial colourants.

Like every Sera colour food, San Color Flakes is also a complete food that provides all the important nutrients, so it can be your fish's everyday staple. It belongs to Sera's "Nature" range of aquarium foods, which is made without dyes or preservatives.

Key Benefits

• Natural colour enhancement: colour development comes only from natural ingredients such as astaxanthin-rich Haematococcus algae and krill. No added dyes are used.
• 10% krill: krill meal makes up 10% of the recipe and adds both pigment and appeal.
• Measured astaxanthin source: the Haematococcus algae content corresponds to 44 mg astaxanthin per kg of food.
• More than colour: the natural ingredients also improve food acceptance and support liveliness and readiness to spawn.
• Complete food: provides all the important nutrients, so it is suitable for daily feeding rather than as an occasional supplement.
• Floating flakes: designed for fish that feed at the water surface.
• Shape-stable flakes: the flakes hold their shape for a long time and do not cloud the water, which helps keep the aquarium clear.
• No dyes or preservatives: part of Sera's "Nature" range of aquarium foods.
• Varied, plant-rich recipe: includes spirulina, sea algae, alfalfa, stinging nettle, parsley, spinach, carrots and paprika, plus herbs and seeds such as garlic, fenugreek, fennel and anise.

How to Use

• Sprinkle the flakes onto the water surface. They float, so surface-feeding fish can reach them easily.
• Watch your fish feed and stop once they lose interest.
• Remove any uneaten food so it does not break down in the tank. This matters most in warm South African summers, when leftover food spoils water quality faster.

Dosage

• Feed once or twice daily.
• Give only as much as the fish will eat within a short time.

Suitable For

• All ornamental fish that feed at the water surface.
• Fishkeepers looking for a complete daily food that also supports natural colour.
• Hobbyists who prefer food made without dyes or preservatives.
• Fish being conditioned for breeding, as the ingredients support readiness to spawn.

Specifications

• Brand: Sera ("Nature" range)
• Food type: floating colour flakes; complete feed for all ornamental fish
• Feeding zone: water surface
• Krill content: 10% krill meal
• Astaxanthin: Haematococcus algae corresponding to 44 mg astaxanthin per kg of food
• Dyes and preservatives: none

Ingredients: fish meal, wheat flour, krill meal (10%), brewers yeast, Ca-caseinate, crude lecithin, gammarus meal, spirulina, whole egg powder, sea algae meal, mannan oligosaccharides, cod-liver oil, Haematococcus algae (corresponds to 44 mg astaxanthin per kg of food), alfalfa, stinging nettle, parsley, green-lipped mussel meat meal, paprika, spinach, carrots, garlic, fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, anise seeds.

Analytical constituents:

• Crude protein: 49.0%
• Crude fat: 8.5%
• Crude fibre: 2.5%
• Moisture: 5.0%
• Crude ash: 11.5%

Additives (vitamins and provitamins):

• 3a672a / Vitamin A: 37,000 IU/kg
• 3a671 / Vitamin D3: 1,800 IU/kg
• 3a700 / Vitamin E: 120 mg/kg
• 3a820 / Vitamin B1: 35 mg/kg
• 3a825i / Vitamin B2: 90 mg/kg
• 3a312 / Stabilised vitamin C: 550 mg/kg

Available Sizes

Sera San Color Flakes comes in several pack sizes. Choose the size that suits the number of fish you keep and how quickly you will use the food. The recipe and feeding guidance are the same for every size.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Sera San Color Flakes contain artificial colourants?
No. It contains no dyes or preservatives. Colour development comes only from natural ingredients such as astaxanthin-rich Haematococcus algae (equivalent to 44 mg astaxanthin per kg) and 10% krill.

Can I feed it every day, or only occasionally?
Every day. It is a complete food that provides all the important nutrients. Feed once or twice daily, giving only what your fish eat within a short time.

Will the flakes make my aquarium water cloudy?
The flakes keep their shape for a long time and do not cloud the water. Overfeeding can still affect water quality in any tank, so feed small amounts and remove leftovers.

Is it suitable for fish that feed lower down in the tank?
These are floating flakes made for ornamental fish that feed at the water surface, so they suit surface feeders best.

What is the protein content?
Crude protein is 49.0%, with 8.5% crude fat, 2.5% crude fibre, 5.0% moisture and 11.5% crude ash.

Which pack size should I choose?
All sizes contain the same recipe. Choose by the number of fish you keep and how fast you get through food, so it stays fresh until finished.

When can I expect delivery?

• Gauteng (Jhb/Pta) - 1-3 working days
• Nationwide (Cpt/Dbn+) - 2-5 working days
• Outlying Areas - 3-7 working days

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