Natural Color Enhancing, Daily Diet Developed For South African Cichlids But Great For All Types Of Cichlids Hikari Cichlid Excel is specially formulated for herbivorous (plant eating) fish.  This formula combines wheat-germ, spirulina and vitamins and minerals to provide a diet that is extremely nutritious, easy to digest, provides powerful color enhancement and promotes outstanding growth characteristics.  This superior diet can be fed to African Cichlids and many types of plant eating tropical fish with excellent results!