I've almost considered it, but I don't like the inclusion of wheat, when the potato is used for a binder. In comparison, NLS only uses wheat as a binder. So far, I haven't quite found a pellet that matches NLS Algaemax yet.
Any new foods out there worth trying?
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I've almost considered it, but I don't like the inclusion of wheat, when the potato is used for a binder. In comparison, NLS only uses wheat as a binder. So far, I haven't quite found a pellet that matches NLS Algaemax yet.
Have you tried Hikari Cichlid Bio-Gold+?
Ill admit the Bio Gold+'s first couple ingredients dont compare to the first couple ingredients of NLS (its hard to beat whole antarctic krill, and whole fish in NLS), but it also has beneficial living microorganisms which are supposed to help promote faster growth and faster waste decomposition to keep the water in better shape. Im not a chemist or microbiologist or anything like that but I can say that it does seem to speed up growth a little bit, and it DEFINITELY is the preference of my fish over NLS.
To give you an example of my fishes preference over the food, if I feed Hikari Bio Gold+ to my fish for a week and then try NLS, some fish wont touch it for a few days until they get a little hungrier. However, if the role is reversed and i feed NLS for a whole week and then switch to the bio gold+, the pickier eaters will ATTACK this food lol.
The NLS i use is the Thera+A Jumbo Fish, and sometimes I wonder if the added garlic is the culprit to not being my finicky fishes favorite.
Just my two cents. I do realize that NLS is an excellent brand of food and I may just have a few picky eaters which could have nothing to do with the food really. I also realize that a fishes preference of food doesn't necessarily make it a better choice.
Ill admit the Bio Gold+'s first couple ingredients dont compare to the first couple ingredients of NLS (its hard to beat whole antarctic krill, and whole fish in NLS), but it also has beneficial living microorganisms which are supposed to help promote faster growth and faster waste decomposition to keep the water in better shape. Im not a chemist or microbiologist or anything like that but I can say that it does seem to speed up growth a little bit, and it DEFINITELY is the preference of my fish over NLS.
To give you an example of my fishes preference over the food, if I feed Hikari Bio Gold+ to my fish for a week and then try NLS, some fish wont touch it for a few days until they get a little hungrier. However, if the role is reversed and i feed NLS for a whole week and then switch to the bio gold+, the pickier eaters will ATTACK this food lol.
The NLS i use is the Thera+A Jumbo Fish, and sometimes I wonder if the added garlic is the culprit to not being my finicky fishes favorite.
Just my two cents. I do realize that NLS is an excellent brand of food and I may just have a few picky eaters which could have nothing to do with the food really. I also realize that a fishes preference of food doesn't necessarily make it a better choice.
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Yeah my Haits can swallow the 2mm pellets whole they just don't like the hard ones. I want to try something soft to see if they'll eat it. They eat everything I feed except the pellets
just ordered some northfin. Heard a lot of good things about it and that fish never reject it so ill see how it goes. thanks guys
lol idk about fish NEVER rejecting it but it's good food. My Haits won't touch it.
I might start soaking it for 5 minutes before to see how they act they don't even nibble it. Even after being starved for 3-4 days.
I would just stick with NLS unless you just want to experiment. NLS ingedient list is second to none. Sure there are pellets that fish like to eat more. But I have never understood why that is so important to people. I don't like the taste of the healthiest foods, as they don't always taste the best. I feel the same is often true for fish. I think if they are accepting a quality pellet like NLS with whole krill and whole fish as the main ingredients, you can't really do any better than that. Unless you want to save money or experiement.
Kens has a newer krill pellet that has krill meal and fish meal as the first 2 ingredients, but it's not whole krill or whole fish. NLS is pretty much the only company I've found to use whole fish and krill and not just meals made from scraps. If there is another brand with whole ingredients please let me know. I've been out of the loop with the pellet scene for years, too expensive to feed the stingrays in volume.
I know I would avoid northfin. Much publicity and testing of their products shows very high levels of ethoxyquin, a synthetic preservative. At levels much higher than legally allowed in US standard dog and cat foods.
I read about probiotics in fish foods. The problem is that some foods are heat treated and pressure formed, this process can kill microcultures. I have read that some companies have a process that preserves the cultures, but I would remain skeptical. Unless they innoculate the pellets after forming or use a process without heat in manfacture.
Good luck
Kens has a newer krill pellet that has krill meal and fish meal as the first 2 ingredients, but it's not whole krill or whole fish. NLS is pretty much the only company I've found to use whole fish and krill and not just meals made from scraps. If there is another brand with whole ingredients please let me know. I've been out of the loop with the pellet scene for years, too expensive to feed the stingrays in volume.
I know I would avoid northfin. Much publicity and testing of their products shows very high levels of ethoxyquin, a synthetic preservative. At levels much higher than legally allowed in US standard dog and cat foods.
I read about probiotics in fish foods. The problem is that some foods are heat treated and pressure formed, this process can kill microcultures. I have read that some companies have a process that preserves the cultures, but I would remain skeptical. Unless they innoculate the pellets after forming or use a process without heat in manfacture.
Good luck
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Been trying out a brand called "Tropical". Fishes seem to like it. Tried their algae wafers, krill chips, krill gran and cichlid gran. Think they are made in Poland.
http://www.amazon.in/TROPICAL-Krill-Chips-250ml-Aquarium/dp/B01MCX03UX
http://www.amazon.in/TROPICAL-Krill-Chips-250ml-Aquarium/dp/B01MCX03UX
Like most things in life, when it comes to pet food, my experience over the past several decades has generally been that you get what you pay for. There will always be less costly alternatives that will give satisfactory to good results, but the premium foods come with a premium price. Dog, cat, fish, bird, it's all the same - high quality comes with a price tag due to the high costs of the raw ingredients that make up the food.
