What is the best food?

[matt6765]

Hi...... I was wondering what the best food is for guppies, mollies, neons etc. Please tell me where to get it or even better a link to some website

Thanks

 

[Shawnie]

https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/best-flake-fish-food.32623/ there's a few threads going around about this and heres a great link matt!

 

[matt6765]

https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/best-flake-fish-food.32623/ there's a few threads going around about this and heres a great link matt!

Thanks Shawnie.....right now I use TopFin flakes that are 1 year old so I am looking for some new food. If I got HikarI guppy food would that be ok for my other fish

 

[harpua2002]

New Life Spectrum is great stuff. I've used several of their different types of pellets and all my fish love it.

 

[matt6765]

how big are the pellets?

 

[harpua2002]

They come in different sizes. The small fish formula is tiny enough so that my celestial pearl danios could eat it, back when I kept them. The large fish formula is great for my big parrot cichlid, Dempsey, and severum. There are one or two more sizes in between as well.

 

[matt6765]

where do you get them..... online?

 

[harpua2002]

I never have. I can get NLS locally, but never at chain stores. I'm sure you can order it online if you want.

 

[matt6765]

I never have. I can get NLS locally, but never at chain stores. I'm sure you can order it online if you want.

ok.... I will have to pick some up today

 

[pepetj]

My favorite fish food (I consider it the best) is Spirulina20, manufactured by Aquatrol.

Right next to it, my always treasured (not for sale in my City) HikarI fish food.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

 

[Wyoming_Bound]

kensfish.com best food and prices.

 

[Hemikyle]

What is the best food for fish? Is there better manufactures for different fish?

I currently have a Cichlid tank with Peacocks, Mbunas, Mdokas, a Parrot, a Tropheous(might be spelled wrong) and soon to be Frontosa and Leopard Catfish what would be best for them?

I also have a Flowerhorn cichlid isolated by herself.

And have a tank of community fish that has tetras, barbs, and loaches.

I would like to give my fish the best possible food I can give and not give them something just because it was cheap and affordable.

Whats your guys thoughts and suggestions?

 

[My300]

I use a mix of TetraCichlid and OmrgaOne. Combining floating, sinking pellets and sticks with flakes. I give my guys a baby shrimp treat once a week.

 

[fishyfriends876]

I head Omega One was a good brand, and it is pretty cheap.

 

[MacZ]

Won't be able to help with brands, as I live a continent over. Maybe Islandvic can help.

I currently have a Cichlid tank with Peacocks, Mbunas, Mdokas, a Parrot, a Tropheous(might be spelled wrong) and soon to be Frontosa and Leopard Catfish what would be best for them?

This one is a hard one. Mbuna and Tropheus are specialist aufwuchsgrazers. They should get protein rich food only on very rare occasions and be fed mainly plantbased foods. This combined with mostly carnivore peacocks and haps makes feeding a healthy and varied diet very hard.

 

[fish 321]

OmegaOne is my go too food.

 

[Nataku]

Xtreme is a great brand. So is Northfin.
Live food is best though. Frozen is a really good option.

 

[Hemikyle]

Won't be able to help with brands, as I live a continent over. Maybe Islandvic can help.



This one is a hard one. Mbuna and Tropheus are specialist aufwuchsgrazers. They should get protein rich food only on very rare occasions and be fed mainly plantbased foods. This combined with mostly carnivore peacocks and haps makes feeding a healthy and varied diet very hard.

I do mix up the food so ill use cichlid pellets or frozen blood worms and plant-based flakes because I know the Tropheus is more towards plants I didn't know Mbunas were plant based too! Do you think it will be okay to mix like this or should I try to feed them directly with some plant based food only.

 

[kanzekatores]

Omega is a great food brand. Any food with processed fish/shrimp/kelp provides a good varied diet. I think sinking pellets are the best form. I've had fish get swim bladder from flakes floating on the surface, so I think pellets are better.

 

[Dennis57]

Omega One, Frozen Brine Shrimp and Bloodworms and I also make my own

 

[faydout]

I stick with mainly Xtreme (krill and spirulina flakes), bugbites flakes and pellets, some Omega sinking veggie pellets, NLS Thrive + pellets, and I split a frozen food cube between both my tanks every day. For frozen, I'm rotating between Hikari bloodworm, Hikari Krill, and mysis shrimp.

 

[Cody]

I love Foods from Angelsplus. My LFS uses this and got me hooked on it. My main staple this “The Works” flake

I have several other flakes from them as well that I mix in for a varied diet.

i like that most of their foods the number one ingredient is actual fish/shrimp not fish/shrimp meal or a non protein.

 

[fish 321]

Did you know Omega One was started in Sitka Alaska in 1998 where they would make the food right from the seafood caught there? Just a fun fact but I thought it was cool.

 

[MacZ]

I do mix up the food so ill use cichlid pellets or frozen blood worms and plant-based flakes because I know the Tropheus is more towards plants I didn't know Mbunas were plant based too! Do you think it will be okay to mix like this or should I try to feed them directly with some plant based food only.

Bloodworms/red mosquito larvae can kill Tropheus and Mbuna.

You can feed cucumber, lettuce and zucchini additionally. And alternate veggie and meaty days. And a mix of cichlid pellets specially for Mbuna and normal cichlid pellets. Look for high quality, think A201 could help with brands.

 

[JayAlva]

Ken's food has some very good stuff their growth meal crumbles are great for growing out fish. I use a ton of food just randomly to try to keep the fish eating different stuff.

 

[faydout]

I've got way too many foods. On top of the list of my normal rotation a few posts up, I've got the micro pellets, the vibra bites, and the tubifex worms in your picture also.

 

[JayAlva]

I've got way too many foods. On top of the list of my normal rotation a few posts up, I've got the micro pellets, the vibra bites, and the tubifex worms in your picture also.

Haha yeah I end up giving away foods because I buy and try new ones I just gave away about 6 other foods I didn't see my fish eating to eagerly.

 

[MySquishy]

I head Omega One was a good brand, and it is pretty cheap.

Omega One has awesome ingredients, some of the best, but the recent amazon reviews are full of people saying there are bone shards in their foods—and people lost fish over it.
Could be that the amazon vendor had a bad batch, and the problem is fixed now, but it’s worth calling the company to double check.

 

[Dennis57]

Here is a small amount of the food I have. Most is the stuff I make myself.

I have enough food that will out last me.

 

[faydout]

Repashy Community Plus is the next one on my list. It's already in my cart for my next order.

 

[JayAlva]

Just got another order of food too.
Ken's ultra Angelfish & discus flake, kens blackworm flake. Astaxanthin powder pure spirulina powder and vitachem.

 

[Islandvic]

I like Ken's Fish and their house brand of fish food. They have a large variety of flake, pellets, sticks and wafers.

My African cichlids mainly get Ken's Ultra Intense Spirulina Flake, Intense Spirulina Mini Sticks, Premium Vegetable Flake, and Premium Vegetable Sticks.

Occasionally I will give them Ken's 3.5mm Premium Floating Cichlid Pellets or Premium Color Flake.

Once a week they get cucumber slices. They go crazy over raw cucumber. The following day I skip feeding them.

My CA/SA cichlids get those foods, plus Ken's 4mm Krill Pellets and 3mm Color Enhancing Pellets. For treats they get Omega OneFrozen Bloodworms.

I like Ken's Fish brand of foods because it doesn't cloud the water, the fish eat it all up, it's reasonable priced, and comes in a variety of sizes (4oz, 8oz, 16oz, etc) and it supports a family owned business.

They also don't charge tax if shipped outside their state, and s&h is free on orderes over $49.

They sell a ton of supplies as well, so I usually throw in other stuff to my cart to get the free s&h.