cheap fish food?

Personally I would not buy a big tub of flake. It will expire and lose what little nutritional value it had to start with. Also, good to vary diet based on fish so don't just feed flake.

pellets provide a cleaner food source. flake is messy and if your fish are larger than a couple of inches you can go through loads trying to give your fish the proper diet.

i feed hikari cichlid gold (sinking), earthworm pellets, spirulina pellets, frozen bloodworm and garlic/paprika pellets.
try to buy the hikari (if thats what you choose) from ebay as its much cheaper http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HIKARI-CICHLI...QQptZUK_Pet_Supplies_Fish?hash=item5638cfdb66. when you set out to buy a bag of hikari it can look expensive but it does last longer than you think. i buy the 342g bag and one is lasting me over 3 month and im feeding whats in my signature (midas is 9").

i use the spirulina pellets for veg in their diet. i get the earthworm and spirulina from here http://www.ta-aquaculture.co.uk/Stick_Foods.htm. it looks expensive but you dont feed them everyday. the oearthworm and spirulina on ebay are not what the pictures show but the link i have given has the good ones.

what fish do you have?

if they will take it then it shouldnt do any harm, i use the spirulina pellets because they last and store longer than fresh veg. highly predatory fish need a meaty high protein diet so greens may not be a good idea for regular feeding (so ive read) but its good every now and then to add extra vitamins and minerals.

if you have fish that are natural grazers such as uaru and severums then cheap plants work great as a constant nibble for them. i used elodea densa bunches when i kept uaru A. very cheap and very fast growing.

Kensfish.com sells food in bulk. The prices are good and the food is also good. Just freeze the part your extra food until you need it.

ash54876;3885624; said:

Kensfish.com sells food in bulk. The prices are good and the food is also good. Just freeze the part your extra food until you need it.

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lol, $149.49 incl international saver shipping for 5lb of cichlid pellet.