Best Food

[alecia]

What is the best brand of fish food? I have yellow labs, and I know they like veggies, but what brand makes the best?

[angel]

As far as flakes, Omega One seems to be a good food. But Jon sells a veggie pellet that my yellow labs think is the only food on earth. They refuse everything else. I have no idea what brand it is, but if it wasn't excellent for them Jon wouldn't feed it to his fish or sell it.

[nebelhund]

Angel, I'd agree about the food Jon sells. I got some in "change" when picking up some fish a few months ago. They eat it well and the best part was that there was almost no waste! I didn't get any of that fuzz that comes from bits of food sitting on the bottom of the tank. The tanks were a lot cleaner.

I have been feeding my gourami tank the food as well and they love it.

[angel]

Hey! You have gouramis! Do you have room for two more?

[angel]

Remember, too, I have platies. As many as you like. I think the albino cats are ok in the mbuna tank downstairs at least they are so far, but the platies and gouramis need homes. And some tetras and danios.

[angel]

I know I'm off topic. So back to the food--I never saw that fuzz til feeding the jewels and gave them some soft pellets with krill. What a mess!

[sirknight]

I got some food from Jon and all of my fish love it. I think it is very close to NLS food

Joe

[angel]

Jon you're the food guy!

[braincandie]

what abut bigger jack dempsy's and green terrors? i guess i have a 5in jack and a 6in terror, im feeding them oscar pellets, but i know thats not right

[rogerhopper]

Oscar pellets will work very well. Any large cichlid pellet will work for the bigger fish. I feed mine earth worms as well.
Labs are mbuna's so try some frozen green peas and spirulina flakes as a change of pace.

[braincandie]

i just feed them frozen misquito larva and they ate it up, they didnt touch the oscar pellets, and tey dont seem to much like the live food eaters

[jon carman]

Just a note- for Africans stay away from feeding blood worms or brine shrimp except for an occasional treat. I would not ever feed them the beef heart.

[tomtom]

OSI food is pretty good too, most fish like a little variety,various flakes and pellets

[ricoll]

I like the Hakari cichlid gold flotting pellets. All though I also use sinking shrimp pellets for my few stubborn fish that won't come to the top.

Rico

[angel]

Most of my fish turn their noses up at shrimp pellets and are too lazy to grab floating ones. It gets on my nerves.