Hikari for the cichlids?

[Camphilophus]

It won't be the last time you hear people ragging on petsmart on this forum. If you decided not to read my post..

Print this page off http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2754931

and take it to your manager, she will price match it. Then you don't have to pay for shipping or wait for it.

 

[faststang1]

Dont use Cichlid Staple....My cichlids didnt like it.....I just lost my big GT...because he would not eat the food...then he just stoped eating everything!!!!!!!!
Use bio gold and biogold+!!!!!!
another good food is New Life Spectrum!!!!!!!!

 

[Mr Pleco]

Petsmart also carries omega one

For cichlids I found the following to be a better quality food:

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753178
Omega One Cichlid pellets
1st 3 ingredients: Whole Salmon, Whole Herring, Seafood Mix (including Krill, Rockfish & Shrimp

Hikari gold and Bio gold are mostly cereral if you have to use Hikari use:

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2754923
Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets

1st 4 Ingredients: Fish meal, krill meal, alpha starch, fish oil

my 2 cents

 

[quintas14]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Hikari Cichlid Excel? Isn`t that the top one that they do for cichlids...

 

[Mr Pleco]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Hikari Cichlid Excel? Isn`t that the top one that they do for cichlids...

Again I consider this one as cereal:
Ingredients: fish meal, wheat flour, wheat-germ meal, flaked corn

If your looking to keep your Herbivores in top shape, my 2 cents I would use:

Dainichi CICHLID - Veggie Deluxe Sinking
1st three Ingreients- Kelp, white fish meal, soybean meal

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~category~Dainichi_CICHLID___Veggie_Deluxe_Sinking_(8.8_oz)_Bag___Small_Pellet_Freshwater_Aquarium_Supplies_Food_Pellet_Food~vendor~Dainichi~SearchStr~~action~view~idProduct~DC12412~idCategory~FWODPF.html

 

[TrikkyMakk]

+2! Hikari Gold for sure -

This is what my fish eat.

 

[Camphilophus]

omega one is the best, then NLS, then hikari but I have yet to see omega one at my local poopsmart.

 

[westle]

Hikari has MSG in it so I would never feed it to my fish I like NLS

 

[TwistedPenguin]

I agree BioGold is the best pellet but they also need fresh food like mussels, shrimp, worms, crickets, peas, zuchinni and that sort of stuff. Gotta keep those intestines moving

 

[LemonHead]

Hikari Bio Gold all the way