Hikari vs. NLS
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nice speech,but in that whole speech you did not once say you feed your fish exclusively on nls,which is what i said. No one pellet provides all the nutrients that is needed,you yourself said you add a dash of garlic . Why i thought nls had garlic in it so why add a dash of garlic? Why add vitamins? Answer(will not shout this time) no one food or pellet can supply all that is needed. Nls may be a great food,but if i cant tell the difference in my fish and i have a few fish that have been with me for years,you can preach till you blue in the face. there is no way to prove which is better unless you have a lab in your house which none of us dont.For every fish that you see that was raised on nls some one else can provide a picture of an equally stunning fish raised on hikari. So as i said this debate will never be solved. You keep selling nls and i will keep buying hikari and we can agree to disagree. Happy fish keep and many more enjoyable years of it.
btw, whose is to say the ingredients are 100%,anyone can write the ingredients of the bag and make it sound good.and we all no most companies ingredients are not 100%(could be a dash of garlic per 100 lbs)we just dont know. and i was just being a smart ass with the first ofpart of my last post.(just incase any one took it the wrong way. but i do wish everyone happy fish keeping.
Open a container of NLS & you can smell the pungent odor of garlic.
That should answer your question. In the TherA it's so potent that some people on this site have actually complained about the intense garlic smell. On both accounts that takes a wee bit more than a dash per 100 lbs of food.
As previously stated, I have a difficult time backing companies that use raw ingredients such as corn flakes, dried bakery products, alpha starch, soybean meal, rice bran, gluten meal, MSG, etc. with some of their foods being as high as 17% ash content.
I don't need someone in a white lab coat to explain to me what's going on behind the scenes, nor do I need a feed trial performed by anyone, or pictures posted of their fish. Been there, done that.
If this is what you have determined is best for the long term health of your fish then by all means carry on. No one is holding a gun to anyones head.
That should answer your question. In the TherA it's so potent that some people on this site have actually complained about the intense garlic smell. On both accounts that takes a wee bit more than a dash per 100 lbs of food.
As previously stated, I have a difficult time backing companies that use raw ingredients such as corn flakes, dried bakery products, alpha starch, soybean meal, rice bran, gluten meal, MSG, etc. with some of their foods being as high as 17% ash content.
I don't need someone in a white lab coat to explain to me what's going on behind the scenes, nor do I need a feed trial performed by anyone, or pictures posted of their fish. Been there, done that.
If this is what you have determined is best for the long term health of your fish then by all means carry on. No one is holding a gun to anyones head.
as i stated i was just being a smart ass.
I could write anything on a label,but unless you are actually behind the scenes,you nor i actually knows whats in nls or hikari. Thats why i supplement with other food source to make sure they are getting the best nutrition i personnaly can provide. this thread is a good read but pointless in the long run. Because no one can prove which is better by personal experiences. You feed nls i feed hikari and i cant say my fish are healtheir than yours and you can say yours are healthier than mine unless we send them of to a lab . But if you can prove yours are healthier than mine by feeding nls than by al means go right ahead. but just quoting ingredients off the bag is not going to prove that. This is a debate that will never be solved.
I could write anything on a label,but unless you are actually behind the scenes,you nor i actually knows whats in nls or hikari. Thats why i supplement with other food source to make sure they are getting the best nutrition i personnaly can provide. this thread is a good read but pointless in the long run. Because no one can prove which is better by personal experiences. You feed nls i feed hikari and i cant say my fish are healtheir than yours and you can say yours are healthier than mine unless we send them of to a lab . But if you can prove yours are healthier than mine by feeding nls than by al means go right ahead. but just quoting ingredients off the bag is not going to prove that. This is a debate that will never be solved.
I didn't know you had to choose one or the other. 
I feed both. My main tank (SA cichlid community) gets:
Hikari Cichlid Gold
Hikari Cichlid Excel
Hikari Sinking Wafers
NLS Cichlid Pellets
NLS Growth Pellets
O.S.I. Spirulina Flakes
Frozen Bloodworms occasionally
I feed both. My main tank (SA cichlid community) gets:
Hikari Cichlid Gold
Hikari Cichlid Excel
Hikari Sinking Wafers
NLS Cichlid Pellets
NLS Growth Pellets
O.S.I. Spirulina Flakes
Frozen Bloodworms occasionally
I used bio gold plus and omega one and a few others I like the bio gold +
and these foods dainichi here are among the best you can get don't know why no one hardly posts about them? and each formula makes a color differances
http://www.dainichi.com/cichlid_food.html
and these foods dainichi here are among the best you can get don't know why no one hardly posts about them? and each formula makes a color differances
http://www.dainichi.com/cichlid_food.html
+1Dan Feller;4880223; said:I didn't know you had to choose one or the other.
I feed both. My main tank (SA cichlid community) gets:
Hikari Cichlid Gold
Hikari Cichlid Excel
Hikari Sinking Wafers
NLS Cichlid Pellets
NLS Growth Pellets
O.S.I. Spirulina Flakes
Frozen Bloodworms occasionally
We should start a thread "NLS AND Hikari" lOl
