Agreed. There is no such thing as a super food for any specie. Not to mention allot of these "enhancement foods" tend to be very unhealthy for the fish long term.
Sorry for reopening this discussion but I am new to flowerhorns I just got a male I’m guessing about seven months old and have been feeding him cichlid bio gold mixing in some freeze dried crickets bloodworms and brine shrimp cubes he has reacted tremendously well in a few days lots of color and kok size, I ordered some of the “specialty foods” for him ocean free stuff is in the mail and I have been adding this hai feng fast color for the past two days The plan was to mix up all the above trying to balance the diet and also feed to my large cichlids in my other tank should I not use these foods ? cause I have a **** load of it now lol
Definitely don't use them. Just consider it as if you got scammed and trash the food. Hikari Cichlid Bio-gold is great though. You don't have to really feed a huge variety of pellets. One good quality staple will do just fine although if you wanted to add more NLS and Northfin are good to add onto the Hikari. Pellets should be the bulk of their diet. Any food other than pellets should be considered a treat and not to be fed more than 1-2 times a week.
