Fish Food for Community Environment

So in my 75G, I'm planning on having schooling fish (possibly danios or rainbowfish), a few "community" cichlids (Kribs, Apistos), and a school of SAEs, so I'm wondering which New Life Spectrum or Omega One formula would work best. I'm split between Community, All Purpose or Thera A if I went with NLS. Just wanted to ask what is "Thera A" exactly? For Omega One, I'd probably choose Super Color pellets or Veggie minI pellets. So I would just like to get some advice, thanks!

 

I feed my community tank New Life Spectrum Thera A, frozen mysis, frozen brine shrimp and frozen bloodworms.

 

Could you explain what Thera A is though?

 

From what I could tell, Thera A has a portion of garlic in it to help with the fishes immune system.

 

I see, so its just a way for them to name a formula that has garlic in it, its not a specific ingredient in itself.

 

I don't believe it is. I'm pretty sure it's just a name they use for the type of fish food.

 

You will need some carnivore pellets for the Rock Kribs....

 

Could I use the pellets I am feeding my betta, since bettas are considered carnivores also?

 

Could I use the pellets I am feeding my betta, since bettas are considered carnivores also?

Yes, but they are imo too small, and they don't sink..... right?

 

Well I could grab a bigger handful and tap the water a little bit to make them float

 

Well I could grab a bigger handful and tap the water a little bit to make them float

I meant they need to sink.....

 

Oops right, that's what I meant to type, I could tap a water a little bit to make them SINK lol.

 

If you throw em at the water, they'll sink. That's what I did. Or if I let them float, they'd eventually sink either from getting waterlogged or from getting close to filter outflow.

 

Forgot to update, so I followed LiterallyHydro 's advice and got a container of NLS Thera A on Amazon, and some freeze-dried brine shrimp from PetSmart.

 

I got the NLS Thera A too! On Saturday when I bought my cherry barbs.

 

In my tank I have a handful of corys, neon tetras, Bolivian Rams, a Flag fish, a pearl and some Harlequins. When I feed them I give a pinch of dried blood worms and some Wardley's shrimp bottom feeder food. I've started to notice that the Pearl eats at the top but the rest of the tank eats what's at the bottom.
Is there something better I can be feeding them that will meet all of their needs or is the Wardley's fine?

 

I feed a combination NLS and Cobalt brands and have had no complaints. They eat it right up and have great coloration and health.

 

The Wardley Shrimp Bottom feeder pellets are for bottom feeders such as the corys! Neons, rams, flag fish, harlequin all need flakes or pellets. I suggest New Life Spectrum

 

As others said, New Life Spectrum! Very reasonable price for high quality.

 

Which of their products would y'all recommend for the mix of fish I have?

 

I like their Thera+A formula, as do my fish

 

Is there something I can do to get them to eat at the top? Right now I do feed them all the blood worms as well but they seem to either prefer the bottom feeder food or they just don't realize their is food up top. They literally don't even go up there. Is there a way to retrain them?

 

Besides the pearl, the rest of your fish are mid and bottom feeders which is why you're seeing that behavior. They won't eat from the top.

I would give a good varied diet of flakes, pellets and frozen foods.

 

Feed the bottom feeders at night and the rest of the fish during the day. They'll soon realize that there's no food at the bottom and only the top during their feeding time

 

Besides the pearl, the rest of your fish are mid and bottom feeders which is why you're seeing that behavior. They won't eat from the top.

I would give a good varied diet of flakes, pellets and frozen foods.

That makes sense to me! So I'll grab the New Life and the Cobalt. What kind of frozen foods would you recommend?

 

I alternate feeding NLS Thera A+ pellets, Omega One flakes, Omega One supercolor micro pellets, Omega One shrimp pellets and HikarI frozen brine shrimp and bloodworms.

 

I alternate feeding NLS Thera A+ pellets, Omega One flakes, Omega One supercolor micro pellets, Omega One shrimp pellets and HikarI frozen brine shrimp and bloodworms.

That is amazong! Thank you so much for being so specific! That's awesome!

 

I also have a community tank.

I found what works best for me is
frozen Brine shrimp and beef heart.
Once in a great while I use flake food and bottom feeder discs.

 

I used to love Thera A by NLS.

Lately I feed a variety of Kensfish.com flake, pellet and sticks.
Once a week or so it's frozen bloodworms or beefheart.

That's what all my fish get, the blood parrots get one more thing though, which is the HikarI staple designed specifically for them.

 

Hi! I have a betta in a 5-gallon tank. I am currently feeding Hakari Bio-Gold and Freezed dried bloodworms. I think that one of them is bloating my betta. What is another nutritious food to feed?

 

Betta bugs are great

 

I also use fluval bug bites it is my bettas favourite!

 

I like Xtreme krill flakes. I also like the Sera brand.

 

The freeze dried bloodworms may be causing bloating if you are not soaking them. Frozen or live food is always best, but I totally get it if you can’t keep some. Hikari is a pretty good brand and I find the nutrition in all of their fish food products I’ve bought is very good.

 

I have heard that freeze dried bloodworms can cause bloating, though have never experienced it myself.

 

I feed mine frozen brine shrimp once a week, then the staple is fluval bug bites, and some other betta pellet... I can't think of the name lol.

 

I always soak my freeze dried bloodworms before feeding and never had a bloating problem with my tetras. Just use a little tank water and wait at least 5 minutes or more if needed. The fish go crazy when I drop them in.

 

I feed freeze fries of bloodworms, brine shrimp, bug bites, and NorthFin Betta Bits. Soak the bloodworms before feeding them.

 

Are Fluval bug bites too small?

 

No they'll be fine, I'm not sure about all of them, but mine are just flakes with a lot of bugs/spirulina/etc. depending on the type.