Daharkazangel Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 What fish food brand do you mostly use and why? I generally use hikari but want opinions on other brands :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gollys Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I use New Life Spectrum & Omega - also Hikari. I feel these are the best quality brands with good ingredients, not just fillers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monty Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 NLS and sera at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenswimmers Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Yep Hikari and NLS for me...both reliable companies with a good variety for different fish and different situations(I use the H2O spectrum flakes for an emergency everything food! crunch it up for babies and having such a high proetin content...for the babies..winner!).....dig new lifes ingredients too...quality stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubster Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 New Life Spectrum because its the best by far for my Tropheus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 white crane super r for the win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2020 Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Hikari?? I know the fish love it, but have you ever read the ingredients?? Aquarium owner pointed it out to me, Bakery products!! Whats that mean. Read the back of the packet, see for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbeer Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I use NLS as my basic diet and add other foods to fill it out. I use frozen Brine Shrimp for my tangs. Would suggest that for angels too, or black worms/tubifex sparingly. I am not a blood worm fan. Mosquito larvae are fantastic food. For oscars, I would actually love to have cockroaches (the real ones), or get a meal worm culture going, or just a good old can of worms (to capture garden worms for them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matmatmat Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Variety is the spice of life! I feed a mix of hikari, sera, nls, ocean nutrition and some others. But to Answer I think it's a tie for me between nls and hikari bio gold , nls is great because of quality of ingredients , bio gold is good for digestion I have no real evidence to support this , lol but heard a year or two ago that it has something that aids in positive gut bacteria and since adding it to the lineup have never had a fish with any digestive problems . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Number 1 have to be New Life Spectrum. 2nd: Hikari, I use both of them but NLS is the main diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matmatmat Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 white crane super r for the win When im not tattooing or dying my fish I grind up the super r with the green then inject it as cruelly as i can into fish I then feed these fish to my fish, then I sell my now super fish to noobs for double and sometimes triple what you you would pay for a non super fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 sera hikari have done for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 NLS is what I feed. Fish love it, good ingredients, fish look great as well. No brainer for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 The unbranded pellets that Exotic at Roclea sell. Better than any of the above and cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercobwe Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 The unbranded pellets that Exotic at Roclea sell. Better than any of the above and cheap. You can't be serious do you? although I havenn't try the one you said but everyone agree with NLS is the best, brand, popularity and reputation is with NLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanoz Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 NLS for my African and also Ocean Nutrition Vege Pellets for them too being that I have some Troph's in there. Hikari for my big Am's. NLS for my natives and Ocean Nutrition Brine Shrimp flakes for my tropicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVS969 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I have always used a variety Hikari pellets, Not as a staple diet though but imo you should give a variety of food for best health anyway. My fish have always been fast growing, good looking and healthy fish. Never used NLS so can't comment on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 You can't be serious do you? although I havenn't try the one you said but everyone agree with NLS is the best, brand, popularity and reputation is with NLS. i use nls when its on special but dont rate it that highly really. well by that i mean my fish dont really rate it, except for the thera A. they seem to take that willingly. maybe i just have finicky fish but they smash hikari (even if it does have corn,wheat and bakers yeast in it........as do most pellet fish foods) especially food sticks, sinking carnivore/massivore etc. bio gold and excel get taken eagerly and im not ashamed to admit they eat the native pellets that the stores sell aswell. i am less about designer clothes, brand names and bells and whistles and if im not a pretentious twerp.......i dont think it would be right to allow my fish to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddo Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 hikari and sera by far. I am also looking forward to new era to be released here in oz. All 3 of these are used in their own fish hatcheries. Unlike other brand. Also hikari and sera have been tested for output waste from fish and were shown to be the cleanest. New era hasnt been tested and the other well lets just say it failed badly. So for cleaner water and great results only hikari and sera for me. And cant wait to run new era through its paces but from all accounts in europe it is proving to be excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I use Hikari (Massivore,Carnivore,Shrimp) & NLS (Grow). NLS for the trops and the rest for larger fish n shrimp, +1 for Hikari for me. What does everyone think about the NLE packaging? See through containers....light penetrates the food and can diminish the nutritional Value. Seph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hikari's gotta be my favourite for most freshwater. good growth, highly attractive to fish good colour. ocean nutrition for my reef same reasons (and low phosphate). Hikari's first bites are awesome for rearing tiny, tiny fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 love my NLS as far as ridleys aquaculture food goes...... its cheap which is good when all you are worried about is food to flesh conversion rates. but ya if I had a free life time supply of any food it would be the 1mm NLS cichlid pellet. only bad thing about it, is that its so good that fish arent so keen on anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
