Curious about these foods.. Kens fish, HBH, and New Era

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duanes said:
I use mainly HBH Super Soft spirulina pellets, but also HBH goldfish pellets, and HBH shrimp pellets for all omnivorous cichlids.
I don't notice a strong smell, but because I have approx 20 tanks in a fairly small space, the entire space has a slight jungle pong about it. Non-fish people who come thru say it reminds them of Florida.
I also am not one to try and grow fish any faster than the norm, but I do like colors to be vibrant and have not noticed a lack of color with this regime. And have not had issues with any of the typical maladies.
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Hey Duane. Thanks for the input. I saw some of the HBH stuff that looked pretty good.

Im like you though. Im not looking to power feed or power grow my fish beyond what they naturally will. Personally From experince in fish/Dogs and even humans. Ive found that pushing them like that is just as unhealthy as feeding them any sort of trash food. The faster you make them fill out the more potential issues for illness, Disformations, Weakness in the bone structure and all sorts of nasty internal issues. I like you would like my colors vibrant. BUT even with that Genetics plays more into color, size, shape, pattern or anything else then any amount of food ever will. I want to feed to keep my fish more healthy then anything. Sure Ive got a budget. But you know how that works im sure.
 
RD. said:
No. I typically only use it for newly acquired fish, or sick fish that may need an extra boost. Some use it as an everyday staple, but in over a decade of feeding NLS I never have. If fed on a daily basis I found that by water change day my tank water definitely took on a pungent garlic odor.
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Thanks for all the awesome input RD. Do you ONLY feed NLS?
 
OK, since it was mentioned in this particular thread.. Where the hell did all the hoopla come about from Carbon causing issues with lateral line errosion or HITH? Was its just something to blame? I normally never runn any chem filtration except on my Hospital tanks after treatment.
 
For many years carbon (generally the lower quality carbon, purchased in bulk form) was believed to be a cause of HLLE in marine fish. Eventually that same line of thinking spilled over into freshwater keepers, and HITH. While the former may have some merit with regards to marine fish, I personally am not convinced that it has any connection to HITH in freshwater fish - especially if one isn't using low cost carbon. The study mentioned in the following link was performed by the curator of the Toledo Zoo. http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/activated-carbon-hlle-smoking-gun-found FYI - the premium pellet used in that study was NLS. And to answer your previous question, I have experimented with a lot of foods over the years, and still do, but NLS has been my main staple for over a decade and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
 
RD. said:
For many years carbon (generally the lower quality carbon, purchased in bulk form) was believed to be a cause of HLLE in marine fish. Eventually that same line of thinking spilled over into freshwater keepers, and HITH. While the former may have some merit with regards to marine fish, I personally am not convinced that it has any connection to HITH in freshwater fish - especially if one isn't using low cost carbon. The study mentioned in the following link was performed by the curator of the Toledo Zoo. http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/activated-carbon-hlle-smoking-gun-found FYI - the premium pellet used in that study was NLS. And to answer your previous question, I have experimented with a lot of foods over the years, and still do, but NLS has been my main staple for over a decade and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
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Thanks RD. As always great info. Appreciate your input.

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