I used their medicated food last year that had flubendazole to clear some internal parasites and it worked like a charm and fish loved it. I’m considering a purchase of their big joy food as we speak.
Ron's Cichlid food?
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I've got a sack of their Big Boy food and if there were one thing that I think merits mention for those of us that have top feeders it's that well over half of that food sinks immediately. I bought it for my Arowana and Cichla tank and it's a really good thing that my giraffes will eat it as that's where most of it winds up.
Note that that's not a fault of the food and his product description says something about 'some of it floats and some of it doesn't'. In my experience though a top feeding fish won't go for something that immediately drops unless there's extreme competition in the tank for food. Regardless, it does seem like quality feed just quality feed that is not primarily a floating food.
You should check his site out, he sells some of the best rifties I’ve seen, they are pricy though
I've heard this comment a lot over the years and I'm not disputing it though I do sometimes wonder about its origin. Sure, fish eat fish but it's also true that an Arowana will eat anything it can harvest out of the brush overhanging the river and as top feeders they're likely to eat a ton of terrestrial stuff, birds, snakes, lizards, spiders, and according to one account I read years ago, apparently some kind of small primate as well.
Fifty years ago I fed beef heart to fish as if it were an awesome idea and I don't recall any of those fish having significant issues w/ diet, digestion, or disposal. Another example is carnisticks. My fish eat bag after bag of the jumbo and they think it's awesome to the point that they'll often prefer it (by far) over Ron's, Ken's, NLS, etc. but the third, fourth and fifth ingredients are wheat flour, brewer's yeast and corn and it heads on from there to potatoes and rice.
I don't have the answer as to terrestrial byproduct efficacy but I have wondered on occasion if the basis for skepticism might be anecdotal logic.
I think a lot of people over complicate things. If my fish like the food and are healthy with good color and proper size, that tells me what I need to know
Huh... it looks like the edit feature has disappeared since I wrote that. Had I articulated that a little more accurately I'd have referred to anecdotal reasoning rather than anecdotal logic. Either way J Joshuakahan , I think you're on to something.
100+ years of science out there regarding feeding terrestrial based plant matter, such as soybean, to finfish, and the end results of feeding same at various levels, to various classes and species. As an example, aros produce very little amylase, the enzyme that breaks down starch/carbs, so if too much wheat/corn/soybean, is used in a formula fed to aros, the excess is going to be coming out the other end.
Agreed, sorta. lol
I also focus on overall digestibility, as in how much food it takes to net similar results, with other brands/formulas, and how much waste is produced from same. On a commercial fish farm, the term used is feed conversion ratio. (FCR) I don't have near the water volume, or mouths to feed in my fishroom, compared to others here, so not a huge thing to me, other than I hate cleaning filters etc, so less time on maintenance is important.
