hikari cichlid bio gold...worth double the price?

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Premium foods make a difference.. Just like dog food. You can buy grocery store brands like Iams, and your dog will have a greasy coat with dandruff.. Buy Expensive dog food like Nutro and your dog will have a shiney, healthy coat..

Same deal with fish, especially if growing them out for color and show.. My show quality gold saum only eats bio-gold.
 
See but comparing nutro and iams is like comparing tetra cichlid pellets and hikari biogold pellets.

you know what I mean? thats the worst with the best.

I don't think there is that much of a step up from the hikari gold to bio gold (which I just went to my petsmart yesterday and all their bags of it went bad in february of 2006).

BUT...I still want to try it. As you said miles you used it on your fish and noticed a significant difference. I believe you. That is enough to convince me to try it.

miles, do you think you could post a pic of your gold saum??? I just can't get enough of those guys. Wish i could get a nice male one day.
 
Miles, in your experience, is there any truth to the claims of "significantly less waste" with the Hikari Biogold?

Thanks in advance.:)
 
PoopSmart;1130052; said:
See but comparing nutro and iams is like comparing tetra cichlid pellets and hikari biogold pellets.

you know what I mean? thats the worst with the best.

I don't think there is that much of a step up from the hikari gold to bio gold (which I just went to my petsmart yesterday and all their bags of it went bad in february of 2006).

BUT...I still want to try it. As you said miles you used it on your fish and noticed a significant difference. I believe you. That is enough to convince me to try it.

miles, do you think you could post a pic of your gold saum??? I just can't get enough of those guys. Wish i could get a nice male one day.
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Tetra Cichlid sticks aren't all that bad.. I would say Top Fin and Wardley's is the worse.

Go to your PS and try to find the Pet Care Mgr, let him know the bags are outdated.. and politely tip-toe your way around asking if you can have the out-dated bags for free, because they will just throw them away.. Depends on how the Mgr's do things I guess..

I guarantee the bio-gold, even out-dated, is more nutritional than most other non-premium pellets.. Atleast they have an expire date, how many foods do you buy that you have no idea of their shelf life?

Like I said.. I got both these Paratilapia at 1", and now they are both around 5-6".. One has some really nice coloration and VERY numerous spots.. The other has few spots, far and few between..

Could be those Azoo blood-red parrot pellets too though.. They are a specialty food for color enhancement from Asia.. Those were the only 2 foods I fed the nicer Paratilapia..


As far as less waste, like many foods claim, I am unsure.. I didn't notice any different in physical waste. IMO, it's likely similiar to dog food.. The food is more premium with less fillers, so the fish absorb more nutrition, and process less waste.. Creating less urea, thus, less Nitrates. Would have to do a control test..

Don't have a pic of the gold saum on my laptop, might try an MFK search for 'Monster Gold Saum..' ;)
 
Oh sorry I didn't mean tetra cichlid sticks I meant top fin pellets!!!

stupid me.

I used to have those and my fishes poop would be red like the pellets. They advertise color enhancers, but I didn't think they meant excrement color enhancers.

yes, I told them and they said they will take care of it and left them there.

this petsmart is so terrible though, they had a cracked tank at the top and they said they had to sell it for full price or they have to throw it away and write it off as broken. I asked why they couldn't just give it away what harm would it do and they said it would be stealing. So I asked what if someone just jumped into the trash and took it out them once you threw it away? and they said the managers smash them in the back so it can't happen.

this was as they were writing "broken" all over the tank with a sharpie.

So I am doubting they will give any leway on the matter of the bio gold out dated food.

maybe If i bring it to their attention and offer to pay half price for both packs.

seriously though, unless I complain and say i am going to tell corporate on you then they don't care.
 
Yeah.. sounds like you have a poopsmart for sure.

The reason they don't allow discounts on chipped tanks or damaged merchandise, is so that customers and associates can't conspire to cause the damages themselves.. It's easy for a customer to scratch a concealed corner of the aquarium, demand a discount, and then just hide it later. Or taking the expensive fake decor and breaking off a tiny chip and then wanting a discount. If they don't allow discounts at all, and destroy the merchandise to unsellable, then it detours people from trying to damage merchandise to get discounts or dumpster dive for it..

Go back in, if the bio-gold is still on the shelf.. Call corporate and complain. You will probably get a gift card, and tell them you just want some non-out dated bio-gold and you'll probably get it for free..
 
alright, im battling a sinus infection at the moment so I will wait unti i feel a little better.

maybe I will try tomorrow
 
Its getting creepy how often questions about Petsmart Policy are showing up on this website. :)

Yes you can print out any on-line anything and Petsmart will match the price (you might notice it says 'lowest price gaurentee' all over the store:)). EXCEPT fish or any other live pets. Sorry.

As far as expired fish food. Yeah my store got two bags back when we first started carrying it. We've still got the same two. I'm sure they are getting close to expiration.

Miles raises an EXCELLENT point which I personally really strive to educate customers on. The importance of high quality fish food for the same reasons as high quality dog food. No fillers, less waste! I don't know why we don't look closer at the labels of our fish food (well most folks on this forum probably do...put I mean people in general) the same way we do at our dog and cat food. Preach on Miles!
 
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