JazzyJeff Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Can I please get some feedback on these foods... In particular for cichlids - anyone using it? Anyone have experiences to share? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I love the stuff. It's absolutely brilliant. The pleco tabs start some pretty mean hypan fights in my tank - right to the point where I had to remove some of the smaller species of hypans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 all my fish love the hikari algae wafers.. but especially my hypan! Phoenix.. which ones do you use for yours? i was at HFF yesterday trying to decide between the algae wafers and the sinking wafers . Ended up sticking with what I know and got the mini algae wafers as my fish are smaller species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyJeff Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I love the stuff. It's absolutely brilliant. The pleco tabs start some pretty mean hypan fights in my tank - right to the point where I had to remove some of the smaller species of hypans! Thanks P44 - something my king tiger plec will like then? Is that the Algae wafers? Anyone using the Discus Bio-Gold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Phoenix.. which ones do you use for yours? The one in the green packet. I usually throw the packet out and store the wafers in a container. Thanks P44 - something my king tiger plec will like then? They should love it. I have a female that takes off with them and hides them in a cave! :lol: Then she defends them all so I have to put more in the tank! Anyone using the Discus Bio-Gold? Henward used to use bio gold. Again, I think it would be a great food. I was going to get some off ebay, but never got round to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 My ancistrus and panaque seem to go for the algae wafers, but not as crazy as p44's hypans haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hikari is absolutely brilliant. My green aro goes for them pretty quick even though aros are notorious for rejecting pellet/ fresh food diets. In the event that the filter intake does suck the pellet up before my aro gets it, it does not lose its shape. I have retrieved pellets from the filter wool after about 10-12 hours continuously soaked and they did not turn into mush or disintegrate - that's what really impressed me. Other brands I've tried claim to "retain their shape" but in reality start breaking apart within about 2 minutes. Hikari may not be the cheapest brand around but it's worth it IMO, since your tank ends up being a bit cleaner than having bits of food everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyJeff Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Nice pic P44! So anyone using the Cichlid food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 The cichlid gold is great too, i had my three large dats on it. Its all pretty good stuff imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I use cichlid gold and aro pellets too. They are very good. Especially the aro pellets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 yup cant go wrong with hikari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 for highly meat eating fish, IMO hikari is better. for smaller fish, then i would go nls. for my monsters, hikari is my preferred, I use NLS for my clown loaches AND hikari, both i reckon is better. as each food has its ups and downs i guess. so i ust use both. but c gold is spectacular and growth rates from it is far better. i have used many t ypes of food, but hikari is so good. Discus gio gold is fantastic but expensive, also its good cos they dont reject it and are easily accepted compared to other foods that break apart. I would say hikari is my number one food, then nls. but value for money, you cant beat NLS. its much much more cost effective. but then again some overseas would claim nls is better..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzyJeff Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Great stuff Henward, Thanks! Plse tell me - what is NLS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Great stuff Henward, Thanks! Plse tell me - what is NLS? New life spectrum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 i use new life spectrum too and it's awesome. I use the Hikari for all my bottom feeders and NLS for everything else. (except the eel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 My fish don't touch NLS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 my large clown loaches tend to go for larger pellets, when there is nothign there they will take the 1mm nls thera A. all i know is that the best food ever i have used for monster fish are massivore delight. it grows fish good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 My fish don't touch NLS. You feed all the animates food aye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Tetra and Hikari from animates. JBL from Wetpets. NLS from HFF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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