It's why China rules the world that we now live in. Everyone wants things faster, and cheaper. Use it up, toss it out, buy a new one. But the bottom line is the old adage you get what you pay for, still holds true today. You want cheap food that's dyed green, or food that's fluffed up with soybean & corn, or do you a want quality product?
Much agreed Neil, though the main problem here in Asia/SEA as you know is little or no access to better brand fish foods -- companies like NLS, Northfin, etc. will likely never have any decent market penetration here simply because the average Joe fish keeper here either can't afford them and/or has little knowledge (or even cares about) the nutritional differences of fish food; as long as the fish eat it that's really all that matters to most. Makes life harder for those of us who know better, but of course we generally have to make do with what we can get (e.g. mostly Hikari). Nice fish here but that's about it insofar as real quality lol.
I want a quality and cheap product, which means i may have to forgo some quality for price but that does not necessarily means it is lousy quality though some are.
No worries Barrett, I understand if there is no access, one has to do the best they can with what is available. But if quality products are available, and one goes cheaper out of choice, which IME is typically the more accurate scenario, then that goes back to my previous comment. It's why China rules the world that we now live in. Everyone wants everything cheaper. Screw quality, screw quality control, screw supporting local manufacturers, and putting money back into ones own economy - screw everything except ME. Me wants it cheaper. I didn't create the situation, but I have certainly watched it unfold over the past 50 yrs.
Clearly I have no idea what is currently available on the shelves in SEA, or China for that matter, but I do know that at one time there were distributors of NLS in place in Singapore, where the OP is located. This is from Sept 2016, but clearly this store had plenty in stock on their shelves in Singapore at that time. http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/topic/129095-new-life-spectrum/
Also, this info may be outdated, or not, currently it shows 2 distributors based in Singapore.
Asia - New Life International
DISTRIBUTORS: Asia Advance Reef Enterprises 43/45 Jalan Tun Dr Awang (Jalan Relau) Bayan Baru, Penang, Malaysia 11-604-6415788 info@advance-reef.com De Aquatic PTE LTD 11 Kaki Bukit Road 1, Eunos Technolink #03-06 Singapore 415939 659-752-5051 sales@deaquatic.com Ocean Enterprise Holdings 511...nlsfishfood.com
Like I said, I guess that it all boils down to priorities.
For hikari cichlid gold.. 342g is the largest I can find... I rem NLS does have a bigger bottle but only a couple of hundred grams too.
