Best Cichlid Pellet on the Market?
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That's ironic with the pic since its a terrible diet for a veggie muncher like a pearsei.
I don't like all the grains myself.
I don't like all the grains myself.
My lfs pushes Sera and hikari. They quit carrying nls recently. I even heard them tell a guy last week that they directly import Sera from Germany. I looked at the ingredients and it's garbage. I do use Omega one flakes for my tetras, they don't seem to like nls. I'll keep using nls for everyone else, even if I do have to order it.
Petco sells NLS! In the US it should be pretty easy to find.
I feed mostly NLS, which ingredient-wise is probably the best one. I've also fed hikari bio-gold for years, and I also feed some of omega-ones products; notably their "kelp flakes" for vegetarian cichlids or cichlids prone to bloat from high protein diets.
I feed mostly NLS, which ingredient-wise is probably the best one. I've also fed hikari bio-gold for years, and I also feed some of omega-ones products; notably their "kelp flakes" for vegetarian cichlids or cichlids prone to bloat from high protein diets.
Nothing wrong with feeding aquatic based plant matter to fish that are on the herbivorous side (I prefer NLS AlgaeMax), but protein itself does not cause bloat. I posted the following several years ago.
Bloat - Causes - Cures - and BIG Myths
There seems to be a lot of confusion with regards to bloat, and how it can effect various species of cichlids. Hopefully the info below will help clarify some of the common misconceptions surrounding this condition. Protein Protein in & of itself does not cause bloat. Most...
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Used some NLS pellets yesterday. Surprized Oscars were a little indifferent to it (tigers ate it, reds not so much). Silver dollars loved them. Earth eaters enjoyed them.
Seem like a pretty good sinking pellet. Good for the earth eaters.
I keep heterospila and a severum in a 135 right now and i feed a mix of nls thera a, nls float, nls algaemax, and kens veggie flakes. Ironically the severum prefers the omega one shrimp pellets over the rest.
As far as plant matter - I have been feeding my L200 the dreaded Tetra brand algae wafers. Man is he plump & green!
Guess he likes the wheat germ and oatmeal.
Guess he likes the wheat germ and oatmeal.
Nothing wrong with feeding aquatic based plant matter to fish that are on the herbivorous side (I prefer NLS AlgaeMax), but protein itself does not cause bloat. I posted the following several years ago.
Bloat - Causes - Cures - and BIG Myths
There seems to be a lot of confusion with regards to bloat, and how it can effect various species of cichlids. Hopefully the info below will help clarify some of the common misconceptions surrounding this condition. Protein Protein in & of itself does not cause bloat. Most...
Thanks, when I get some time I'll give that a thorough read-thru. The fish I am talking about are T. Irregularis, Everything I read about them (not much info available) has been that they in particular are susceptible to bloat if they eat much protein. But perhaps that is BS as well! Either way they are growing well on a mix of NLS and the kelp flakes, haven't seen any bloat thankfully!
RD's bloat post is a good primer on the subject. In agreement with what he says, I'd say with most fish, and all the more so 'bloat prone' fish, the first key is don't overfeed-- and don't let an individual fish that tends to be a pig overfeed individually. Second, recognize a fish that's stressed due to aggression and remedy the situation. Third, watch your ingredients in your food-- components of soy for example, can cause intestinal inflammation: fish enteritis soy search results
During the years I kept African cichlids, I eliminated the occasional issues with bloat I had during the first few years after figuring this out.
During the years I kept African cichlids, I eliminated the occasional issues with bloat I had during the first few years after figuring this out.
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