Hikari sinking cichlid excel is a specially formulated daily diet for herbivorous plant eating cichlids and larger tropical fish offering higher levels of vegetable matterr featuresr r a perfect balance of natural ingredientsrequired to meet the nutritional demands of most herbivorous fishr contains wheat germ which naturally offers significant amounts of vitamin e to promote long term health and vigor plus linoleic acid which promotes healthy organs and improved reproductive capacityr the