Personally I love Hikari foods, but I have heard they are not good for your fish in the long term. Check out Red Zebra Aquatics, he has his foods made custom, I have great luck with them. I also like the marineland foods. But this was worthless food. I would say anything Wardley has been in my 25+ years of fish keeping been the most consistently disappointing.
Worthless Food to Buy for Your Fish
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Jamieb;1478464; said:
Hikari is decent food, but there are better prepared foods out there.
Take the Hikari Algae Wafers you have been feeding, the first 5 ingredients are: white fish meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, wheat flour, wheat-germ meal, alpha starch....
Now take Omega One Veggie Rounds, the first 5 ingredients are: Whole Kelp, Spirulina, Whole Salmon, Halibut, Seafood Mix (Including Krill, Whole Herring, & Shrimp)....
Which one sounds better to you?
Burt
in my experience and based to whats available here id say anything from wardley sucks.
Nutrafin and Hikari are ok.
Nutrafin and Hikari are ok.
Although I do look at the first few ingredients, you can't always rely on them... just because they list the nice, fresh sounding ingredients first doesn't mean that they are what compose the majority of the food.
You could have 90% filler and 10% herring and list the herring first so people would think it is high quality. Kind of a marketing ploy I think...
To be honest, I have never had a fish die or show signs of malnutrition, so I can't actually say what a good or bad food is... I mean if your fish eats it and is generally healthy, how can you determine the quality of different foods?
I guess I buy according to brand, what I hear, and ingredient listing, as biased as all these methods are. I fall for the nice packaging and so-called specialty stuff I guess
I think wardley sucks too, but my fish still ate it, I guess I just thought it was cheap stuff. Anyone have evidence of why certain foods actually suck - have fish actually died/looked rough on certain diets? Or is it just because they list fish meal and starches.
I feed my fish lots of fresh foods and a variety of dry foods, so even if I was feeding one poor quality food, it wouldn't make a difference, because they'd get 10 other things in between.
You could have 90% filler and 10% herring and list the herring first so people would think it is high quality. Kind of a marketing ploy I think...
To be honest, I have never had a fish die or show signs of malnutrition, so I can't actually say what a good or bad food is... I mean if your fish eats it and is generally healthy, how can you determine the quality of different foods?
I guess I buy according to brand, what I hear, and ingredient listing, as biased as all these methods are. I fall for the nice packaging and so-called specialty stuff I guess
I think wardley sucks too, but my fish still ate it, I guess I just thought it was cheap stuff. Anyone have evidence of why certain foods actually suck - have fish actually died/looked rough on certain diets? Or is it just because they list fish meal and starches.
I feed my fish lots of fresh foods and a variety of dry foods, so even if I was feeding one poor quality food, it wouldn't make a difference, because they'd get 10 other things in between.
Being that I do not eat fish,first ones hikari sound better! LOL
P.S. Do not show those others to my Plecos! Thanks!
P.S. Do not show those others to my Plecos! Thanks!
Acer;1479105; said:Although I do look at the first few ingredients, you can't always rely on them... just because they list the nice, fresh sounding ingredients first doesn't mean that they are what compose the majority of the food.
You could have 90% filler and 10% herring and list the herring first so people would think it is high quality. Kind of a marketing ploy I think...
To be honest, I have never had a fish die or show signs of malnutrition, so I can't actually say what a good or bad food is... I mean if your fish eats it and is generally healthy, how can you determine the quality of different foods?
I guess I buy according to brand, what I hear, and ingredient listing, as biased as all these methods are. I fall for the nice packaging and so-called specialty stuff I guess
I think wardley sucks too, but my fish still ate it, I guess I just thought it was cheap stuff. Anyone have evidence of why certain foods actually suck - have fish actually died/looked rough on certain diets? Or is it just because they list fish meal and starches.
I feed my fish lots of fresh foods and a variety of dry foods, so even if I was feeding one poor quality food, it wouldn't make a difference, because they'd get 10 other things in between.
Legally, manufacturers are mandated to list ingredients in the order of decreasing percentage composition. Same applies to food items intended for human consumption.
I agree about Wardley foods; the shrimp pellets--they dissolve before the fish can eat them, trashing the substrate.
Omega One is outstanding in terms of nutrition; Hikari has great products; NLS also has really good stuff. My fish also really like the HBH soft sinking pellets. Our sources are limited in my area. And my cichlids do love the Wardley Cichlid Sticks--I bought one can to try, but don't know if I'll get any more. I had the same thought about the potatoes--does that mean I can't feed the big mouths Tater Tots any more????
Omega One is outstanding in terms of nutrition; Hikari has great products; NLS also has really good stuff. My fish also really like the HBH soft sinking pellets. Our sources are limited in my area. And my cichlids do love the Wardley Cichlid Sticks--I bought one can to try, but don't know if I'll get any more. I had the same thought about the potatoes--does that mean I can't feed the big mouths Tater Tots any more????
