Opinions On Food

[convict]

Well, first I'd like to say hello to everyone and nice forum here!

I'm just wondering about different fish foods, as I have a few tanks, consisting of convicts, pink convicts, jack Dempsey's, jewel cichlids, severums, clown plecos, firemouth cichlid, red molly's, a rainbow gourami, and a few others.

I have a few brands of food, of course some being more expensive than others, mainly what I have is:
Omega One medium cichlid pellets.
Wardley cichlid pellets.
and Hikari Cichlid Gold

reading the labels I can see different variations in ash, crude fiber, crude fat, crude protein, phosphorus, oil, fiber, viramins, etc.......but I don't know exactly what it all means for my fish, I of course want a food to keep them colorful and nice, but also very healthy and disease fighting....

one of the biggest thing I noticed was the Wardley says 1,400mg per kg of vitamin c. the Hikari says (added vitamins) 75mg per kilogram. what difference does this make?

what overall do you think is a better food? I know they love the omega one and Hikari better, but sometimes just because you like something better doesn't necessarily means it's better for you.

or is there something better than any of the 3 I listed? I just want the best for my fish.

Thanks for any info..... have a great day

 

[kribensis12]

Well, from my experience, you get what you pay for. For example, Wardly will have more corn starch than Hikari and Omega One ( Omega one has NO corn starch). Omega One uses a protien binder( to keep the flakes together) and it is better for them than Wardley and Hikari. Protien promoties growth, and egg development. But, corn starch, dosent do anything. It just adds sustinance.

The best brand out there is New Life Spectrum. It is about 10 dollars per conatiner. I havent bought it personally ( cant afford it, and now that i can, havent seen it anywhere). But, everyone i know that has used it, say its the best food out there. I know a guy ( he breeds cichlids and Bristlenose pleco's) and he said that if they quit making it, he is staying out of the hobby.

The only cheap brand i can think of that i use is O.S.I. ( Ocean Star International or something like that).
It is about 4 dollars per container, and it is very good quality. I chose it over Hikari most of the time. I even like it more than Omega One ( as far as O.S.I. Vivid Color is the best color enchancing food i have EVER used).

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