Pellets

[Pastoral]

I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I am curious what folks think about the various pellet foods out there. I have been using NLS for a long time, and the fish seemed to love it. I was strongly recommended by the manager of my LFS (About Fish in Westminster Colorado) Xtreme Aquatics pellets, which they eat but seem to eat less of (it's hard to make a apples to apples comparison since I think they are much more dense).

I have two 240G tanks, one that's exclusively Tanganyika cichclids and multi's, and the other is stocked with mostly new world cichlids with clown loaches, a a pair of Bleekeri, and a bunch of plecos.

What pellets would you all recommend?

I feed them frozen silversides, mysis, brine, or bloodworms 2-3x a week on top of the pellets.

Thanks!

 

[Regeneration]

NLS is fine as staple, but so is the Hikari line, no different at all really, just feed variety like you have been doing.

 

[Matteus]

Nls is great. I found extreme to cloud up my water when I used it last year. I’d say there is more filler in it than nls for sure. More of a step down imo

 

[RD.]

I was strongly recommended by the manager of my LFS (About Fish in Westminster Colorado) Xtreme Aquatics pellets

If NLS is working well for you, why switch on the advice of someone that is more than likely financially motivated to promote one product in his store, over another? C'mon now .......

 

[PYRU]

If NLS is working well for you, why switch on the advice of someone that is more than likely financially motivated to promote one product in his store, over another? C'mon now .......

I agree. If it ain't broke don't fix.

 

[RD.]

NLS is fine as staple, but so is the Hikari line, no different at all really, just feed variety like you have been doing.

Of course there is a difference, using your logic all brands of pet food are the same? Try telling that to someone that has been breeding and raising champion dogs for most of their life, when offering their dog some Kibbles & Bits. lol

Variety is a gimmick, that most of today's fish food consumers don't even understand. Back in the "good ol days' there was little to no commercial food available, hell our farm dogs never saw a kibble 50 yrs ago, and fish certainly didn't either. So the term "variety" was used when feeding in an attempt to ensure that what one crap food was missing, another crap food would hopefully contain.

In today's world of high quality lab tested and govt regulated pet foods, feeding a "wide variety" of high quality raw ingredients happens every time your pet conumes a kibble from a container of quality food. The key word being "quality". But to state that there is no difference in different brands, or formulas, is ludicrous and I can only assume based on total ignorance of the subject.

 

[TheReefer]

I like to feed a 50/50 mix of pellets and live/frozen foods. Like in us, I think a variety is ideal. I feed my saltwater tank a mix of NLS Marine pellets and a mix of brine shrimp, mysis, and fish eggs.

 

[Regeneration]

Of course there is a difference, using your logic all brands of pet food are the same? Try telling that to someone that has been breeding and raising champion dogs for most of their life, when offering their dog some Kibbles & Bits. lol

Variety is a gimmick, that most of today's fish food consumers don't even understand. Back in the "good ol days' there was little to no commercial food available, hell our farm dogs never saw a kibble 50 yrs ago, and fish certainly didn't either. So the term "variety" was used when feeding in an attempt to ensure that what one crap food was missing, another crap food would hopefully contain.

In today's world of high quality lab tested and govt regulated pet foods, feeding a "wide variety" of high quality raw ingredients happens every time your pet conumes a kibble from a container of quality food. The key word being "quality". But to state that there is no difference in different brands, or formulas, is ludicrous and I can only assume based on total ignorance of the subject.

Lmao i assure you old timer, today’s top pellet brands are essentially the same ****, this is fish, nobody is talking about champion dogs LOL, feel free to feed what makes you feel better that’s all that matters, sheep.

 

[RD.]

Lmao i assure you old timer, today’s top pellet brands are essentially the same ****, this is fish, nobody is talking about champion dogs LOL, feel free to feed what makes you feel better that’s all that matters, sheep.

From someone that worked in the fish food trade for the better part of a decade, I can assure you that you are talking out of your ass.

 

[RD.]

A top food from back in the good ol days. Not quite in the same league as some of todays formulas, young blood. lol