Fish Food Review

[darknes]

I thought it would be a good idea to see what other hobbyists use as fish food, and how they like the brands they have used.
As a general format and easy readability, I suggest you start your posts like this:
Full name of fish food.
Type of food (flake, pellet, frozen, etc.)
Your rating (1=you would never buy it again, 10=you love it and recommend it)
Comments.

 

[darknes]

Omega One Super Color
Flakes
2
I bought this a week ago since the store I went to didn't have the usual flakes I buy, and thought I'd try something different. I will probably end up throwing the thing away. The flakes stay at the surface of the water and never sink (I have good circulation), and so I have to skim the remainders off the top. The fish don't seem to like them much, and they are very thin flakes which don't seem to have much food value to them. They also seem to make my skimmer stop producing foam for a while after I put them in the tank.
About the only good thing I can say about these flakes is that they smell good (like fresh salmon).

 

[darknes]

Formula One
Flake
9
This is the flake food I normally buy for my fish. My fish go crazy over this food, and since it contains both seafood and algae, it's beneficial to both my herbivoire and carnivore fish. I also like that it tends to sink after a bit, allowing my crabs and bottom feeders to be able to eat them as well. It also contains a high percentage of crude protein compared to other fish flake foods.
I'd recommend this as food to feed your fish, although you should always give your fish a variety of different foods including frozen ones.

 

[seannmelly]

Hikari Mysis shrimp flat pack
Frozen
10
Comments: it's awesome. Very easy to use just need to break a little piece off at a time.
San Franciso Bay Brand Saltwater Multipack
Frozen
9 1/2
Comments: I love it because it gives my fish variety. I don't like that they don't make a bigger multipack that I am aware of. Also for those of you that have used this, I do not like how the squid is not broken up or doesn't break up easily. Other then that its awesome and I buy the 3 seperately in bigger packages by themselves.
Ocean Nutrition Cyclops
frozen
Comments: I've never used cyclopeeze but this stuff works great. My chromis and anthias love it.

 

[pandafish]

OK if you are going to use any frozen food I did a little PO4 test and found that if you thaw on a paper towel so that all the juice is absorbed off the food then feed it will cut down on extra Phosphate being introduced to the tank!
Hakari frozen:
Blood worms—0.35 ppm
mysis—0.5 ppm
krill—0.5 ppm
San Fran:
emerald entree—1.0 ppm
hope it helps

 

[seannmelly]

Originally Posted by Pandafish
OK if you are going to use any frozen food I did a little PO4 test and found that if you thaw on a paper towel so that all the juice is absorbed off the food then feed it will cut down on extra Phosphate being introduced to the tank!
Hakari frozen:
Blood worms—0.35 ppm
mysis—0.5 ppm
krill—0.5 ppm
San Fran:
emerald entree—1.0 ppm
hope it helps

hmm good idea. Because all I feed is frozen food(my fish are spoiled) and dried algae sheets. How long does it take to thaw on a paper towel?
Melly

 

[pandafish]

not to long I useually tak it out and let it thaw while I make dinner then they get dinner as soon as we are done ours. Our light cycle is later in the day so they are eating in the light so modify for your light cycle.

 

[seannmelly]

Originally Posted by Pandafish
not to long I useually tak it out and let it thaw while I make dinner then they get dinner as soon as we are done ours. Our light cycle is later in the day so they are eating in the light so modify for your light cycle.
Thanks for the info. I'll have to try that. My lights also come on later in the day 4pm ish til 9 and 10pm.

 

[hatessushi]

Although I sometimes use mysis shrimp and cyclops I am now mostly using fresh food from the grocery store like scallops, shrimp, clams, squid and very soon octopus, along with vita-chem, fresh garlic, carrots, broccoli, and some nori. All chopped and blended then frozen. For about $10 I was able to make enough food that would have cost about $50 only fresher.

 

[v-lioness]

You can also buy small plastic strainers ( about 2 1/2 inches) and rinse your food before feeding, the plastic screen is small so you should not waste to much.
Here is a list I have used over the years, I either chunk for lions or blend my own for others.
Corals/Inverts
Cyclopeez, Dt's Oyster Eggs, Frozen Rotifers
Smaller fish
Frozen Mysis, Spectrum pellets, Formula I & II Pellets, A chopped meaty mixture I use to feed the larger fish.
Large fish
Raw Shrimp, Crab, Mahi Mahi, Shark Steaks (messy), Cray Fish, Ocean Perch, Squid, Octo, Smelt, Flounder, Red Snapper, Tilapia, Frozen Silversides, Frozen Sand Eels, Mussels, Scallops
Greens
Nori, Fresh frozen Peas Thawed, Fresh frozen broccoli Thawed, Banana chunks (Messy but my file & trigger love it), Carrots sliced thin used to be on this list but I do not want my lions swallowing this, I am not sure how they would digest raw carrot.
Kaye