Update for all of you New Life Spectrum Fans

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I don't think that there's any right answer. There are definitely bad foods...and there are definitely good foods. And lots of decent ones. The endless arguments about which is the absolutely best food seems about as pointless as which is the best bio media.

I've never considered these types of discussions as arguments, because if one is supplying good credible factual data, there really isn't much to argue about. Unless of course someone reckons wheat is a superior raw ingredient over krill/fish. And sometimes that does happen .....

I also don't believe that in todays market there are really any "bad" foods. One would have to go back 30+ years to start getting into foods that I would personally consider as bad. Having said that, there are a LOT of lower quality, lower cost ingredients being used in some of today's food, and IMO I see no reason to include those types of ingredients in a fishes diet if/when they can be easily avoided. I don't see comparing wheat to krill, or soybeans to fish meal, as splitting hairs. Both can & will get the job done, but make no mistake, nutrient wise one is definitely superior to the other. Whether each & every hobbyist will notice the difference between each food and the results of each diet is obviously questionable.

And I do agree that most people could feed less, and have spoke about fatty liver disease since the inception of fish forums like this. Just keep in mind that obesity is not generally the cause of premature death in aquarium fish, fatty liver disease is. (at least according to some of the experts in this field) The problem with fatty deposition of the liver is you can't see it with the naked eye, it can build up very quickly, and if not corrected can shave years off of the life of an otherwise healthy specimen. It's not just about "how much" is being fed, but can also depend on how rich that diet is - as in how high the lipid (fat) content is. And according to the studies regarding cichlids & fat deposition, this can begin taking place when a fish is only a few weeks old. And the scary part is that there are members of MFK that feed those exact types of food, and they will tell you that their fish are fine, as though they have x-ray vision and can see the fishes internal organs.
 
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RD, I have switched from NorthFin to NLS the last 2 months and my fish have much better looking poo and just knowing how good the stuff is gives me a great satisfaction! My question is why is the poo a orangy redish color?
 
Yep, it's color is due to the Antarctic krill they use as their main ingredient.


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Long but Good Read. TBH glad to see NLS pulling out a lot of the "junk" in their food ( not that there was much) Might even convince me to go more towards 50/50 on my pellet/fresh diet. My biggest issue w/ pellets has been w/ my predatory fish the use of wheat/soy/inappropriate fillers ect. I will begrudgingly pay more for less w/out growling. :grinyes:
 
The poo is orange from beta carotene and not from the kill. The inclusion rate of krill in this case will not play any role in changing color of the poo. Even feeding whole krill or whole krill pellets real ones (not talking about the ones that just called krill pellets and have no krill in it) will play very little difference.

Carotene is used as pigment (terrestrial), it has concentration of vitamin A but still this is not why is used in the foods. This is another reason for food having dark red/brown color.

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The poo is orange from beta carotene and not from the kill. The inclusion rate of krill in this case will not play any role in changing color of the poo. Even feeding whole krill or whole krill pellets real ones (not talking about the ones that just called krill pellets and have no krill in it) will play very little difference.

Carotene is used as pigment (terrestrial), it has concentration of vitamin A but still this is not why is used in the foods. This is another reason for food having dark red/brown color.

Cheers
why is it used in the foods?
 
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