Interesting. I haven't had that issue but I only feed the floating pellets when I have to. Right now, I am keeping mostly South American cichlids which all take sinking pellets.
Flake food vs pellet
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Interesting. I haven't had that issue but I only feed the floating pellets when I have to. Right now, I am keeping mostly South American cichlids which all take sinking pellets.
Earth Eaters!
In the process of restocking the 20g so all that is in there now is a young pair of G. dacrya and a handful of tetras. Up until recently it held groups of G. winemilleri and Uaru, a big group of rummynose and a 6" L330.
I have a group of 12 4" G. altifrons coming this week.
I only feed flake to my sparkling gourami and tetras, they clean up well if I feed sparsely. I think even crushed granules would be better
General consensus is that pellets are better, and I agree
General consensus is that pellets are better, and I agree
I've only heard of gulping too much air and causing swimming bladder with goldfish. I've fed floating pellets to many cichlids and have never had swimming bladder issues in over 20 years.
Some fish naturally eat food from the surface, which is one of the reasons for their mouths to be turned upwards. (e.g. oscar)
The amount of "dust" that my flakes create is the reason I'm starving my Haitiensis until they start eating pellets. My filter floss in my sump was dark brown from the flakes and dust all spread throughout the sump.
I can only imagine how much is in my sand if I have so much buildup throuought my sump
Even for the smallest of fry, in today's market micro pellets are available, and of course one can crush larger pellets into dust sized particles using an electric coffee grinder, or mortar and pestle.
Flakes lose their nutrient content, especially water soluble nutrients such as vitamin c, very quickly once they enter an aquarium.
Flakes lose their nutrient content, especially water soluble nutrients such as vitamin c, very quickly once they enter an aquarium.
