I went on a shopping spree awhile ago on BIG ALS and bought just about every kind of Hikari food there is. They have an expiration date and most of them are just about there. Are they really gone bad? Or is it like a suggestion?
BAD FOOD?
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jerppyjerp;738814; said:
Well it's a suggestion because it's up to you still if you choose to use it after the date they marked as the time in which it should no longer be used. Basically, if you care about your fish there really isn't any reason to risk 4-8 dollars on a bag or can of food for your fishes health. Although I could be wrong but I believe the nutritional value in the food depreciates over time anyways once opened ?
In my own experience there are several sides to this...
First, if it tastes good, we (and fish) will eat what comes across our path.
Second, pelletized food, being dry and all that, basically, doesn't seem to go bad - I have never had a negative experience using older food, but then again, I vary their diet so widely that the "depreciated nutritional value" doesn't become a factor into the equation of things.
In other words, if you do vary their diet as you should, these older pellets, IF, and only IF, they are "depreciated in nut. value" will become their "potato chips" or "pretzels" - Snacks.
First, if it tastes good, we (and fish) will eat what comes across our path.
Second, pelletized food, being dry and all that, basically, doesn't seem to go bad - I have never had a negative experience using older food, but then again, I vary their diet so widely that the "depreciated nutritional value" doesn't become a factor into the equation of things.
In other words, if you do vary their diet as you should, these older pellets, IF, and only IF, they are "depreciated in nut. value" will become their "potato chips" or "pretzels" - Snacks.
jerppyjerp;738814; said:
the point of an expiration date is to sell it while its still fresh
after the date its freshness is questionable, doesnt mean that AFTER that date the food is "bad".
its still 100% edibly usable.
i agree with santoury's 'potato chip' reasoning... especially round here, where a lot of shops sell pellets with NO expiration dates printed on their bags. (They're actually repacked pellets from bigger bags being sold by the gram.) A varied diet is, IMO, always better. This will compensate for the expired pellets' supposed lost in nutrients.