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rajatariqmustafa15

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Guys I am going to be honest with you, I have a 125 gallon aquarium. And it's overstocked like I said in my opinion thread in the piranha forum.
It contains
3 koi
4 iridescent sharks
10 colour tetras
two Bala sharks
two angels
one pleco
i will most probably exchange them or sell them and get red bellied piranhas but until I have them I want them to have a balanced diet. Now I have 5 kinds of foods. One food is a colour enhancer and is specialises in carp, goldfish and Cichlid, it's know as optimum. I crush it so that it sinks. And for the floating part I use Hikari Cichlid gold tell me if I should add any other foods or change my food. We don't get all the feeds you guys get at your stores for example petco.. It's not high quality. So these are the pictures of the foods and please tell me if I need to give them any thing else. Thanks guys any feed back is appreciated.

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swifty

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Well, before this diverts into a massive flame war (which tends to happen with these type of topics) I'll just say that in my opinion, you can't go wrong with either New Life Spectrum, Hikari, or Omega One. They are all great brands that will lead to a healthy life for your fish. Rest assured you are feeding the best of the best with those 3 brands. They are proven and from what I understand from experienced fish keepers give great results.

I personally use NLS for my tanks and all my fish, which range from cichlids to tetras and am satisfied.
 

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Well, before this diverts into a massive flame war (which tends to happen with these type of topics) I'll just say that in my opinion, you can't go wrong with either New Life Spectrum, Hikari, or Omega One. They are all great brands that will lead to a healthy life for your fish. Rest assured you are feeding the best of the best with those 3 brands. They are proven and from what I understand from experienced fish keepers give great results.

I personally use NLS for my tanks and all my fish, which range from cichlids to tetras and am satisfied.
I agree with swifty:)
 

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To answer your question, the foods that you are currently feeding are ok, and will offer the basic nutrients required for your fishes daily metabolic needs, growth, and overall health, but IMO none would be considered premium formulas. (including Hikari Gold) Too much wheat, soybean meal, and corn. Ok for koi/carp, but not comething that I would personally feed to the rest of those fish, and certainly not to piranha if that's what you upgrade to.
 

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NLS: Been using it since 2006 w/ great results. The others are decent, but it's hard to compete with the nutritional/ingredient profile of NLS.
 

rajatariqmustafa15

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To answer your question, the foods that you are currently feeding are ok, and will offer the basic nutrients required for your fishes daily metabolic needs, growth, and overall health, but IMO none would be considered premium formulas. (including Hikari Gold) Too much wheat, soybean meal, and corn. Ok for koi/carp, but not comething that I would personally feed to the rest of those fish, and certainly not to piranha if that's what you upgrade to.
As far as I know, man some piranha owners have managed to get then to eat pellets. For piranha I'll mainly use chicken liver, shrimp, and pellets only Hikari that is
 

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Yes, piranha do very well on pellets, just not the kind of pellets you are currently feeding due to the amount of terrestrial based grains utilized in those formulas. Piranha are not hard wired to eat large amounts of soybeans, wheat, or corn.
 
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