NLS size for rummynose 1"

[Cardeater]

I'm getting a shipment of rainbowfish and rummynose Tetra that are going to be around 1". What size NLS would be good for them? What about when rummynose are at full 2" size?

I have 1mm, will they be too big?

I figured I'd ask as there are good sales ending Monday, otherwise I'd just wait to get the fish and see if 1mm is too big

Thanks.

 

[DOOB]

I feed 1mm bugbites to my rummy nose tetras and the cardinals too. works just rite for me.

 

[tlindsey]

I even crush a few pellets between my fingers for my Rummy Nose and Browntail Pencil fish.

 

[RD.]

NLS .5mm small fish formula @1"

 

[fishhead0103666]

As RD said .5mm is perfect. I have a bucket of it that I used to feed to tetra sized fish and smaller.

 

[FESHMAN]

0.5mm pellets works for my small fish, I use grow

 

[Cardeater]

Thanks for the responses. I placed my order before the sale ended for

New Life Spectrum Probiotix - Sm (.5 - .75mm) / 140g × 1



I also found half a bottle of this NLS fry food that's supposed to be 300-500 micros; I remembered my friend gave me this when she got out of the hobby this summer. This fry food is probably too small, but I have a backup just in case. Imperial Tropicals has great reviews but one criticism is sometimes the fish are really small.

 

[Cardeater]

These guys are tiny: rummynose might be less than an inch. After a scare, all are alive so far, but I emailed Imperial Tropicals that two rummynose were upside down in bag and looked dead.


I know they are fasted before shipping so I fed them frozen daphnia and frozen baby brine about a half hour after I put them in the tank. They ate that. I was hesitant to try messing with the fry food with the tank lights off.

Tomorrow, I'm gonna try to see if this fry food I was gifted will be recognized as food for them while I await to order some 0.5mm food.

The long version is below, but I found out a website glitched is why I haven't received my Probiotix order from Monday.

I just left some repashy in there to see if they'll recognize that as food.

I have enough frozen food and worse case, I have that junk Tetra flakes that I stopped feeding to my tanks if I need food while I sort out my food order and get quality 0.5 mm food next week.

More details:
UPS:
UPS next day air tracking said 10:30am estimated but didn't arrive till 7:30pm. I guess it's bc of holiday shopping as summer next day air orders predictably arrived at 10:15-10:30. It sucked as I woke up early and then couldn't leave to do anything all day as I waited for the delivery.


Probiotix out of stock:
Got an email from Super Citchlids telling me their inventory was off somehow they were one short. I had been wondering why my Monday order still had not shipped: I figured they were just busy from the weekend sales.

Take $4 in free samples, or take a free upgrade to the bigger container of the 1-1.5mm:

They offered to either refund me and sent the northfin samples I ordered for free. The samples are 50 cents each and I ordered eight (sidenote: I am wary of NF after the thread here last year but the samples are cheap and I'm interested in their carnivore line), or to upgrade me to the 1-1.5mm Probiotix, supposedly in the next size up.

I'm confirming what size that is: the 0.5-0.75mm came in 140g. I hope they don't mesn the 150g size as I don't really need the 1mm food right now. Im still working through an NLS community blend and I have a Thera-A 250g 1mm unopened. If I'm gonna get the 300g for $12.74 sale price I paid for the 140g, I think I should take the deal and just order another food for these fish. If it's the 150g container that they are offering as a free upgrade, then I guess I'm taking the samples.

What would you do?

 

[tlindsey]

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These guys are tiny: rummynose might be less than an inch. After a scare, all are alive so far, but I emailed Imperial Tropicals that two rummynose were upside down in bag and looked dead.
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I know they are fasted before shipping so I fed them frozen daphnia and frozen baby brine about a half hour after I put them in the tank. They ate that. I was hesitant to try messing with the fry food with the tank lights off.

Tomorrow, I'm gonna try to see if this fry food I was gifted will be recognized as food for them while I await to order some 0.5mm food.

The long version is below, but I found out a website glitched is why I haven't received my Probiotix order from Monday.

I just left some repashy in there to see if they'll recognize that as food.

I have enough frozen food and worse case, I have that junk Tetra flakes that I stopped feeding to my tanks if I need food while I sort out my food order and get quality 0.5 mm food next week.

More details:
UPS:
UPS next day air tracking said 10:30am estimated but didn't arrive till 7:30pm. I guess it's bc of holiday shopping as summer next day air orders predictably arrived at 10:15-10:30. It sucked as I woke up early and then couldn't leave to do anything all day as I waited for the delivery.


Probiotix out of stock:
Got an email from Super Citchlids telling me their inventory was off somehow they were one short. I had been wondering why my Monday order still had not shipped: I figured they were just busy from the weekend sales.

Take $4 in free samples, or take a free upgrade to the bigger container of the 1-1.5mm:

They offered to either refund me and sent the northfin samples I ordered for free. The samples are 50 cents each and I ordered eight (sidenote: I am wary of NF after the thread here last year but the samples are cheap and I'm interested in their carnivore line), or to upgrade me to the 1-1.5mm Probiotix, supposedly in the next size up.

I'm confirming what size that is: the 0.5-0.75mm came in 140g. I hope they don't mesn the 150g size as I don't really need the 1mm food right now. Im still working through an NLS community blend and I have a Thera-A 250g 1mm unopened. If I'm gonna get the 300g for $12.74 sale price I paid for the 140g, I think I should take the deal and just order another food for these fish. If it's the 150g container that they are offering as a free upgrade, then I guess I'm taking the samples.

What would you do?

Personally would use the pellet food that I had already until I got the specific food I wanted. You can just crush a few pellets between your fingers. Also feed my Rummy Nose Omega1 flake food.

 

[DOOB]

I also feed the omega 1 color flakes to mine