Bad Foods

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eatingleg4peanut

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I've seen a lot of thread on best foods, but I haven't seen any on really bad foods to stay away from.

Wardley Shrimp Pellets: This is why I'm even writing this. I bought these at walmart this week since I am sick and didn't feel like making the trip to petsmart. These things are horrible, the start to fall apart as soon as they his the water, so unless you throw them right on top of your bottom feeder it may be disintegrated by the time they find it. It also clouds the water uber bad. I had my nephew (he's 17) eat fish food last night again (for my enjoyment) he said they omega one shrimp pellets have a fish taste to them, but the wardley ones tasted like chalk.

What are some of your experiences with really bad fish foods?
 
Lol, well I have Aquarian Shrimp Pellets. No complaints here. Haven't had really any food issues though. Except when I made jello for my fish. Now I realize how hard it is to make fish food. The thing broke into a million pieces as soon as it hit the water and the ghost shrimp didn't even eat it. XD
 
I would advise people to stay away from Tetra Prima, aka Tetra Diskus (yes I know it's a "k"). Not because the food is hopeless for growing up good looking fish, it works in that respect with good results too, it just turns to powder too easily in the tub. I mean literally a little shake and it just breaks down into powder. You end up throwing half the tub away because anything over 1" can't eat it.
 
Flakes in general with the possible exception of spirulina flakes. They make some fish especially goldfish floaty and the fact that vitamins are easily destroyed once exposed to air and light and that flakes cannot hold on them too long makes flakes complete junk in my book. It's like feeding your fish with potato chips.

Mammalian protein used on frequent basis. This can quickly cause organ failure as the mammalian protein is difficult for fish to digest. Feed on occasional basis but never frequent. Even then, they're not the best type of foods to feed your fish.
 
eatingleg4peanut;4811699; said:
I've seen a lot of thread on best foods, but I haven't seen any on really bad foods to stay away from.

Wardley Shrimp Pellets: This is why I'm even writing this. I bought these at walmart this week since I am sick and didn't feel like making the trip to petsmart. These things are horrible, the start to fall apart as soon as they his the water, so unless you throw them right on top of your bottom feeder it may be disintegrated by the time they find it. It also clouds the water uber bad. I had my nephew (he's 17) eat fish food last night again (for my enjoyment) he said they omega one shrimp pellets have a fish taste to them, but the wardley ones tasted like chalk.

What are some of your experiences with really bad fish foods?

You got a fish food taster? awesome. Does he tries dog food? I always wondered if the stuff tastes like they advertise
 
dlobom;4811758; said:
You got a fish food taster? awesome. Does he tries dog food? I always wondered if the stuff tastes like they advertise

not dog food, but thats just because I dont have a dog. They only thing he wont eat is freeze dried or frozen foods.

My other nephew (who is 18) i paid $20 to eat 2 cans of cat food, the really cheap can looked like spam and he got that down easy enough, the other can was some fancy "homecooked" special flavor with hairball control. he ate half before barfing, I kept my $20.

So, are Omega One brand flakes bad? I have used them for awhile thinking they were good (for small growouts and tigerbarbs), Its funny you say they are like feeding fish potato chips because my "fish food tester" said they kinda taste like chips, lol.
 
The first thing I look at are the ingredients. The first few should be some type of aquatic protein (fish, shrimp, etc.). If, instead, you see grain fillers as the first few ingredients, don't waste your money.

Wardley's Shrimp Pellets:

Shrimp meal, wheat flour, soy protein concentrate, hydrolyzed fish protein, corn gluten meal, brewers dried yeast, dried beet pulp, wheat germ meal, plankton, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C).

Omega One Shrimp Pellets:

Whole Shrimp, Whole Salmon, Cod, Whole Herring, Seafood Mix (including Krill, Rockfish, Shrimp, Squid, Clams, Salmon Eggs and Octopus), Wheat Flour, Fresh Kelp, Spirulina, Lecithin, Astaxanthin, L-Ascorbyl-2-Phosphate (source of vitamin C), Natural and Artifical Colours, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, Biotin, Inositol, Tocopherol (preservative), Ethoxyquin (preservative).

I'd go with the Omega One.
 
My fish ate omega one the first time I dropped it in, which never happens. They have also taken a fancy to the tetra-color granules, hikari algae wafers, hikari carni wafers, and omega one flakes....

I know, I know....I'm supposed to be pointing out the bad.....

Stay away from Wardley's....I agree with every negative comment made about any of their foods.
 
That's why I make my own gel food. The key is to make sure you heat up the gelatin before you put it in the food (otherwise it won't "cure" when you put it in the fridge) and to make sure you use enough gelatin.

The only fish that don't eat the gelfood are the predators that eat fish, bloodworms, nightcrawlers, etc. All my tropicals (angelfish, corycats, BN plecos, livebearers) and goldfish eat the gelfood.
 
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