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[Frontosaman]

Something I've always been interested in.

 

Would like to hear peoples personal favourites, I Personally Feed NLS Pellets and Sera Flora Flakes. good Brands with a good price tag

 

I also feed Hikari Algae and Sinking wafers and Aqua one Tropical Flakes witch are cheap and my fish love.

Looking at a good honest debate around this, what are peoples experiences?

 

Are the top end foods necessarily always the best?

 

In MY opinion NLS stands out, But not everyone can afford these foods and I am wanting  this topic too enlighten people as to brands that they can feed and still keep healthy fish without having bottomless pockets.

 

[malawiman85]

I feed mostly aquaculture food. Cheap as chips, fish gag for it and are in pretty good condition. Mind you im only feeding biggish predators. The baby cod I had were eating cheap mini discus crumbles and went well.
I also feed bloodworms to little fish occasionally and prawns to bigger fish.
Barra is so fat and growing nicely.

[Just Drive]

Haven't used NLS before, partially cause of the price tag. I would imagine that certain foods are more expensive because there is a higher demand for them, so price can be properly be an indecenter of quality. As for me I use 'AZOO dwarf cichlid and community pellets' as well as 'Tetra Colour' because they are reasonably cheap and I see results.

[Frontosaman]

I was thinking of Aquaculture food for my Jags, any good supplier Malawiman ?


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[shayne]

I buy my aquaculture pellets from backyard aquaponics in jandakot, everyone seems to enjoy them except the barra for which they were originaly intended but i think they became fixated on their prawn and whitebait hand feeding sessions. its a floating pellet and i would be interested in finding something similar that sinks, not all my fish like competing in the top water. also use sera flora and a smaller pellet, a generic aquotix brand. a few vegies,duckweed, daphnia { live } mossie larvae and living close to the coast i use a lot of the white coastal snails for some of my more carniverous fish.With a light crushing they sink readily, more so than the brown garden snail which i leave in the garden for the blue tongues that wander in and out

[Michael the fish fanatic]

I'm not sure if this is right for NLS because I haven't used it but maybe your just paying for a name

[Mattehx]

I'm finding NLS to be a great quality pellet. Bringing out the colours very nicely in my fish and they absolutely love it. I don't mind paying more for a good quality feed. I'm also very fond of Hikari since it was the first brand of fish feed that I bought and has never let me down. I can't really speak for other brands since I've only ever used Hikari and NLS but they're popular for a reason and I can always justify the price.

[werdna]

its a floating pellet and i would be interested in finding something similar that sinks

If you are buying from BYAP you are you are most probably feeding the Skretting Classic or Nova FF

FF is the floating version.

You can try the Nova ME which is similar but sinks.

 

Or, try smashing them up a little. That makes them sink straight away.

[malawiman85]

I was thinking of Aquaculture food for my Jags, any good supplier Malawiman ?

 

 

Umm, I get mine from Woodvale Fish and Lilly Farm. Check them out and check out Swan Valley Fish and Lilly Farm too. You will get some great prices on pond products that can be used in aquariums not just feed.

Having said that some of the PCS sponsors do pretty good pond product prices.

[Frontosaman]

how bout Pond Max food?

[slink]

Sera Flora all the way  

[malawiman85]

Ive never used pondmax feeds but the pondmax range is generally good and I imagine their feed is equally as good.
Give it a crack.

[Frontosaman]

Yeah I garbed some from living ponds, but I brought bloody floating pellets!!!


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[Bombshocked]

Nls Is Quality And Id Happily Pay The Price Tags Attached To This Product Or New Era Food

 

Sera Is Good Flake

[Frontosaman]

What makes it better? $80 for 20 kg vs $100+for 2 kg


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[Mr_docfish]

Differences in food often can be seen in the amount of general waste produced by the fish. If you have a lot of fish, or a commercial sized setup, then you would appreciate less mess, therefore cleaner tanks and cleaner filters - saves time and looks better. Higher processed feeds generally cost more to purchase, but you can save in time not having to clean up (generally what you see with Hikari).... But feeds with a very good ingredient list (for colour, growth/weight increase and immunity) will also cost a bomb, but you should feed less - like with NLS and New Era.

Cheaper feeds like Skretting pellets have no additives like spirulina to enhance colour - so you will have to supplement those feeds with NLS, Hikari excel or colour enhancing brands..... And dont feed too much Skretting - the oil content can be an issue - particularly for the plumbing - it encourages thick bacteria biofilm in the hoses.

[Frontosaman]

That's some good points
mtMr_Docfish.


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[shayne]

cheers werdna

Edited by shayne, 20 April 2014 - 04:25 PM.

[Frontosaman]

Just got 20kg Silver Perch Feed from Woodvale, $80 fish chomped it down hopefully it does well for them

[Frontosaman]

anyone ever tried the Aquamunch African Attack food?