HUGE food.

PheonixKingZ · Apr 30, 2020

So with the recommendations of several members (@Byron and @Deanasue) I decided to get some new food for my neon tetras, as my old food wasn’t good for them.

I order the Omega One Tropical Flakes off of Amazon a few days ago. I open my package to find this:

It looks really small on picture, but it is HUGE. It’s almost 7 inches tall. I expected it to be really small. I guess I though wrong? Anyway, I am going to return the food you see above and get the 2.2oz size.

I just thought I would share my experience, so you use don’t make the same mistake! :rofl:

Crispii · Apr 30, 2020

This will last a decade! At least you don't have to worry about spending money on food.

Colin_T · Apr 30, 2020

That stuff will go off unless you have a lot of fish. Break it up into small packages and freeze it. You can use ziplock bags for this. Put a bit of food in the bags, squeeze the air out and seal it up. Put it in a second bag and seal up. Then stick it in a freezer.

You only want a months worth of food out at any time and 2 weeks worth of food is better if you want to keep it fresh.

Fishmanic · Apr 30, 2020

I got fish food today as well. 90 grams ( over 3 ounces). Container looks huge though. I just have two tanks of fish that I feed this to. My betta is fed something else.. pellets. Should last at least 6 months.

Fishmanic · Apr 30, 2020

The flake size in the New Life Spectrum container are huge. My last food I used was Omega one flake and the flake size was tiny...almost powder size. When you open up that container of Omega One, let us know how large the flakes are.

utahfish · Apr 30, 2020

thats what i feed my fish, good stuff. Omega one makes quality food.

PheonixKingZ · Apr 30, 2020

Colin_T said:
That stuff will go off unless you have a lot of fish. Break it up into small packages and freeze it. You can use ziplock bags for this. Put a bit of food in the bags, squeeze the air out and seal it up. Put it in a second bag and seal up. Then stick it in a freezer.

You only want a months worth of food out at any time and 2 weeks worth of food is better if you want to keep it fresh.

I am going to return it and get the smaller 2.2oz size. Thanks though.

FishGuest5123 · Apr 30, 2020

I have the small size and it lasts forever.

Fishmanic · Apr 30, 2020

When I have a large container of flakes, I will put just a small amount (enough for a few weeks) in a smaller container, and put the larger container aside. That way I don't have to keep opening the larger container which might decrease shelf life.

PheonixKingZ · Apr 30, 2020

Deanasue said:
I have the small size and it lasts forever.

That’s what I was thinking! The small trial size of the Tetra food I got when I got my 5g kit from Walmart, lasted me a year. I estimated it would have taken up to 15 years to get rid of all of that food. (Feeding my 8 neon tetras the way I do)

Maybe if I had more fish, I would keep it.

Well, the return order has just been issued. I’ll get my new 2.2oz bottle of food soon. I’ll post a thread, when I get it. (To see if my neons really like it or not)

PheonixKingZ · Apr 30, 2020

Fishmanic said:
When you open up that container of Omega One, let us know how large the flakes are.

Will do! (When the smaller bottle comes in.

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