This post is more of an FYI.
I always wondered why the Carnivore Pellets were much more expensive than the Cichlid Sinking Gold, about 2-3 times more by weight. A Google search didn't yield much info, nor did a search of Hikari's parent and USA website.
I wondered if the ingredients were the cause of price difference, but it didn't seem to be the case.
Looking at nutrition info, didn't seem to be the case as Carnivore had a slightly increased protein content than Sinking Gold, 47% vs 40%.
Fat content of CP was slightly less than SG, 5% vs 7%.
The difference in nutritional content didn't seem like the culprit either. I began to wonder if it was the manufacturing process, so I emailed Hikari and suspicions confirmed:
"Thank you for taking the time to contact us and for your support of our products. The Sinking Carnivore Pellet is a completely different type of pellet in that is takes on the texture of a live food when put in water
and becomes pancake-like in consistency. This requires a completely
different producting [sic] method than the Sinking Cichlid Gold.
The Hikari Customer Service Team"
How this affects my feedings is that I will probably increase my SG:CP feed ratio as my polys are not picky at all when it comes to chow, and can save a bit of money.
Also CP cloud up the water much faster than SG, especially noticed when my Poly's chomp on them.
I always wondered why the Carnivore Pellets were much more expensive than the Cichlid Sinking Gold, about 2-3 times more by weight. A Google search didn't yield much info, nor did a search of Hikari's parent and USA website.
I wondered if the ingredients were the cause of price difference, but it didn't seem to be the case.
Looking at nutrition info, didn't seem to be the case as Carnivore had a slightly increased protein content than Sinking Gold, 47% vs 40%.
Fat content of CP was slightly less than SG, 5% vs 7%.
The difference in nutritional content didn't seem like the culprit either. I began to wonder if it was the manufacturing process, so I emailed Hikari and suspicions confirmed:
"Thank you for taking the time to contact us and for your support of our products. The Sinking Carnivore Pellet is a completely different type of pellet in that is takes on the texture of a live food when put in water
and becomes pancake-like in consistency. This requires a completely
different producting [sic] method than the Sinking Cichlid Gold.
The Hikari Customer Service Team"
How this affects my feedings is that I will probably increase my SG:CP feed ratio as my polys are not picky at all when it comes to chow, and can save a bit of money.
Also CP cloud up the water much faster than SG, especially noticed when my Poly's chomp on them.
