Autumn ---- ethoxyquin has not been listed on any of their labels in years. You might still find the odd older label showing up on a container, or a description online, but NLS never did add ethoxyquin to their food.
There is a BIG difference between a food that due to its raw ingredients contains a miniscule inclusion of ethoxyquin, and one where not only ethoxyquin, but also BHA & BHT are being added directly. It could be a difference of 20 ppm, vs 200+ ppm. (or higher)
Buddha - I'm sorry to hear that you haven't been able to get your fish to eat NLS. My experience is that I have never had a fish that I couldn't train to eat NLS. (fresh water fish)
There is no way one single brand of any thing can have every thing your fish need.
That's an interesting observation, perhaps then you or someone else here can share what it is that your fishes diet has in it, that NLS doesn't? Please be specific, such as what amino acid, fatty acid, etc is missing when fed an exclusive diet of a properly balanced food.
Fish do require a varied diet, but if that one single food is made from a
wide variety of high quality raw ingredients, the
varied diet that many hobbyists seek can indeed be found in one single formula. If one was to take all of the various ingredients found in a typical wide variety of formulas, and create a food that contained all of these various ingredients in a proper ratio and balance, would it not be the same as feeding all of these foods separately?
Of course it would.
In captivity, many marine Butterflyfish that only consume coral polyps in the wild, would rather starve to death than switch food. In the wild Harlequin Shrimp eat only the feet of the Starfish, Monarch Butterflies (caterpillar) only eat milkweed, and Koala Bears typically only eat Eucalyptus leaves.
Using your reasoning, due to their diet all of the above should have become extinct thousands of years ago.
will challenge anyone who has feed there fish just nls or any other brand for that matter with no variety to post non photo shopped pics and i garantee that the fish that eat a variety(no matter what brands)will out shine the fish that are just raised on one brand of pellets.
I could post pics of freshwater species fed NLS exclusively from now until the end of time, but most freshwater species don't pose much of a challenge as far as just keeping their minimum nutrient values met.
So allow me to raise the stakes even higher, and actually make this a challenge.
Find me 1 person on the planet that has documented proof of raising more Moorish Idol in captivity than the creator of New Life. Or 1 person who has documented proof of keeping Moorish Idol thriving in captivity for over 5 yrs. Even today, due to its nutrient demands many marine hobbyists still consider this species doomed to die in captivity.
Kieron Dodds, from Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine wrote an article on the Moorish Idol in 2008, titled; "Still Impossible After All These Years - Keeping Moorish Idol". He clearly admits that the main intent of his article was to discourage anyone from acquiring this species, as he feels this species has almost no chance in being kept alive in captivity beyond a very short duration.
At one point in the article he states
"Pablo Tepoot is perhaps the single individual who has had the most success with this species"
What most people would have considered impossible 15 or 20 yrs ago, or what many of the so called experts state can't be done, Pablo Tepoot has been doing for years.
