So I rarely feed flake food, mainly just Hikari Pellets and about 10 types of Frozen Food, because I like everything to be as natural as possible. However, lately I've realized the importance of a truly balanced diet to bring out the best colour and keep the fish in good health, and I've seen that many flake foods offer this, or atleast a large part of it.
The dilemma: I only have one type of Flake food. A cheapy, rather sub-par Flake food that I feed to my "lesser" fish like Serpaes, Dwarf Gouramis and other "cheap" fish. I won't name names, but the container is blue with an Angelfish on it, and was mentioned in another thread. So I'm searching for a very high quality flake food so I can save some money on Frozen foods (I keep mainly smaller fish, but I go threw about 2 packs of various frozen foods a week!), while still maintaining good nutrition for my beloved fish. I've never shopped around for Flakes, so truly, I know nothing about what brands are supplying the good flakes. I know for Frozen foods, I swear by Hikari, same goes for pellets for my Cichlids. I'm not sure if it's the same for flakes.
Bottom line: Can someone suggest a very high quality flake food that could be substituted for Frozen foods (mostly meaty foods)? I've heard good word about Dainichi fish foods, but I've never personally tried them. Any opinions or comments are welcome. Feel free to throw in biased opinions, personal experiences, or even the diet of your own fish. I won't mind if the discussion gets abit off topic (although the Mods might!
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The dilemma: I only have one type of Flake food. A cheapy, rather sub-par Flake food that I feed to my "lesser" fish like Serpaes, Dwarf Gouramis and other "cheap" fish. I won't name names, but the container is blue with an Angelfish on it, and was mentioned in another thread. So I'm searching for a very high quality flake food so I can save some money on Frozen foods (I keep mainly smaller fish, but I go threw about 2 packs of various frozen foods a week!), while still maintaining good nutrition for my beloved fish. I've never shopped around for Flakes, so truly, I know nothing about what brands are supplying the good flakes. I know for Frozen foods, I swear by Hikari, same goes for pellets for my Cichlids. I'm not sure if it's the same for flakes.
Bottom line: Can someone suggest a very high quality flake food that could be substituted for Frozen foods (mostly meaty foods)? I've heard good word about Dainichi fish foods, but I've never personally tried them. Any opinions or comments are welcome. Feel free to throw in biased opinions, personal experiences, or even the diet of your own fish. I won't mind if the discussion gets abit off topic (although the Mods might!
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