Is this food ok for my fish?

Is my food nutritional enough for my fish?

TetraMin Tropical Flakes (I rarely feed them to my fish)

Tetra
Spirulina Flakes

Betta Bites

Frog and Tadpole Bites

Random Betta Pellets

Algae Wafers

Frozen Brine Shrimp

Frozen Blood Worms

Frozen Krill


Should I get different food for my fish?

 

id say it sounds like a good variety. although I highly recommend NLS thera+a. to anyone...its my staple food for all of my fish and they look great and are very healthy

 

That sounds pretty good. Of course I would recommend live foods now and then. The freeze-drying process can kill certain things in the live foods that are good for the fish. It's a good variety, depending on what you are feeding them to.

 

I feed my fish NLS thera A almost exclusively.

 

I keep hearing good things about NLS food but can't find it locally. Is NLS the full name and can you tell me who makes it or where to find it?
Thanks alot.

 

I feed my fish NLS thera A almost exclusively.

This is around the 3rd or 4th thread over the last week or so where someone has mentioned NLS thera A.

What makes this food so good?

 

It's got a lot of garlic in it. That's the difference between that and regular NLS.

The ingredient list is impressive, and I can't complain about the results.

 

Can't help on why it is so popular, however, you can buy it on amazon, I just searched NLS thera.

 

I keep hearing good things about NLS food but can't find it locally. Is NLS the full name and can you tell me who makes it or where to find it?
Thanks alot.

NLS stands for New Life Spectrum. Ken's Fish sells it. I will get you a link to it in just a minute.

This is around the 3rd or 4th thread over the last week or so where someone has mentioned NLS thera A.

What makes this food so good?

I too have heard lots of good reports with the NLS thera A. As Jaysee says, it does have garlic in it. Maybe others can clarify more.



As for the list of food that you gave above, I am an avid believer in offering a large variety. The larger the variety I feel the better. If one food lacks a particular nutrient, then chances are that another will make up for the slack. I know I carry my variety way far, LOL, but with so many tanks and fish, offering a fresh supply of different food doesn't present a problem. We go thru a lot of food around here

I keep hearing good things about NLS food but can't find it locally. Is NLS the full name and can you tell me who makes it or where to find it?
Thanks alot.

Here you go:

 

What makes food good.....

Ingredients - gotta have good ingredients. Some use fish meal, which is made from the waste from fish processing plants. Others use the entire fish. The entire fish being used to make the food is better than the waste parts. Diversity of ingredients is important as well. NLS uses whole fish, whole squid and whole krill, as well as a whole lot of other stuff which provides the foundation of good nutrition.

Digestability - foods that are high in carbohydrates are bad because fish do not process them well. Carbs will pass through the fish, only adding to the amount of waste in the water. Foods that have a lot of fillers in them will create more waste as well.

Disolvability - foods like flakes will break down in the water, so that it is no longer consumable. HOWEVER, that food still adds to the amount of waste in the tank. Low quality foods create a mess of the water. Pellets (like NLS) do not disolve and pollute the water.

that's it for now.

 

My fish thank you for the link Kathy! They're not picky eaters at all, but I still want what's best for them.

 

What makes food good.....

Ingredients - gotta have good ingredients. Some use fish meal, which is made from the waste from fish processing plants. Others use the entire fish. The entire fish being used to make the food is better than the waste parts. Diversity of ingredients is important as well. NLS uses whole fish, whole squid and whole krill, as well as a whole lot of other stuff which provides the foundation of good nutrition.

Interestingly enough, looking at the ingredients in their fish food, the first two ingredients are krill meal, and fish meal. I couldn't find anywhere it said what the "meal" is made from ie: parts, or whole fish, am I missing something?

I am interested in this feed as it seems so popular, thanks for the help!

 

also if you have a petco nearby they sell it,
since ive switched to nls my fish have been much more lively and colorful,
nls also has natural color enhancers

 

What makes food good.....

Ingredients - gotta have good ingredients. Some use fish meal, which is made from the waste from fish processing plants. Others use the entire fish. The entire fish being used to make the food is better than the waste parts. Diversity of ingredients is important as well. NLS uses whole fish, whole squid and whole krill, as well as a whole lot of other stuff which provides the foundation of good nutrition.

Digestability - foods that are high in carbohydrates are bad because fish do not process them well. Carbs will pass through the fish, only adding to the amount of waste in the water. Foods that have a lot of fillers in them will create more waste as well.

Disolvability - foods like flakes will break down in the water, so that it is no longer consumable. HOWEVER, that food still adds to the amount of waste in the tank. Low quality foods create a mess of the water. Pellets (like NLS) do not disolve and pollute the water.

that's it for now.

Yes! Not to mention...I'm trying to hard to feed this exclusively to my 55 gallon but some of my fish won't take it at the moment- all my other fish seem to like it other than frozen bloodworm or brine here and there. My angels love it though and have grown a lot.
I have fed it exclusively to my Betta tanks and my barbs and neons. All of them exhibit excellent health. I have no constipation issues either.
The coloration on all fish is excellent- probably about 100 times better than when I got them and before NLS Thera A. I do switch up the food here and there but not often on these tanks.
My red Betta has blue on him as well now and had a fin issue for a bit- that never got bacterial and grew back fully if not longer in about a week.
It's not very expensive since it lasts a long time- well worth it.

 

For Tiger Barbs what size of Thera-A pellet would be best?

Will cories eat the pellets that fall to the bottom?

 

Cories should eat it. How big are the barbs?

Thera A small fish formula should work for them.

 

1 mm is the standard community fish size. 0.5 is for really small fish. I would go with the 1 mm.



a word of caution with NLS!!!!!

I wouldn't use it if you have gravel. Thhe pellets will fall out of reach in the gravel and add to the waste in the tank.

 

I wish they made the NLS Thera A in floating........ but I don't think they do?

 

I believe there is a semi-floating regular food.

 

Yes....... They do make some of their food to float. I have several different types of the NLS food. Just wish the Thera A was floating too.