good food?

[dbleoh7]

i need to get some new food for my bolivian ram since i just ran out of bloodworms. any recommendations? i remember cichlid man talking about some good stuff but can't find the thread about it. thankssssss

 

[drake53]

try brine shrimp they might like it

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'm a New Life Spectrum fan. I use it as my staple and suppliment stuff like Spirulina flakes and bloodworms as a treat.

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

I recently bought the New Life Spectrum stuff, and I have to say, my fishes colors have really been nice lately.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I recently bought the New Life Spectrum stuff, and I have to say, my fishes colors have really been nice lately.

*PEACE!* Hormone free color enhancing food! *PEACE!*

 

[Dino]

Omega One is also an excellent brand.
It is the least processed of the flake/pellet foods, so a lot of the oils and fats are in the same shape they would be in natural foods.

 

[MemnochsKat]

I picked up some Omega One after Dino mentioned it another thread. I got the "Color Enhancing Flakes". I have to say my fishy colors have really POPPED since I started feeding Omega One.

 

[TheFighterFish]

Is it really that much better than say the Tetra brand? Because that's all I have right now (flakes, bloodworms, granules, and wafers).

 

[Big Vine]

One day I was at a PetCo where they have one of the largest selections of fish food products, and I decided to check the ingredients on the backs of many of the containers. Not surprisingly, the overwhelming majority---including the Tetra brand flakes that I had previously been using---listed some sort of filler such as "fish meal" (which, for all I know, could be mashed-up brains, guts, and scales) as the first ingredient.

Then I came across Ocean Nutrition brand 'Cichlid Omni Formula,' which starts off by listing a wide assortment of natural ingredients (salmon fillets, plankton, squid, salmon eggs, krill, sea clams, kelp, herring, adult brine shrimp, and brine shrimp naupli)...and the list goes on.

It was a little bit more expensive, but well worth it IMO.
Fish go crazy for it, and I suspect that they're healthier as a result. There is also a 'Brine Shrimp Plus' formula of the same brand that I feed them as well. Both of these are in flake form. When I'm not feeding these, I feed mostly frozen bloodworms and, on occasion, frozen beefheart. Sinking shrimp pellets and algae wafers are also included here and there.

Just remember that whatever you are feeding your fish should be tailored to their specific needs. Wouldn't make much sense to offer daily bloodworm feedings to a predominantly herbivorous fish, for example, and it could do a lot more harm than good. Same thing goes with tossing veggie flakes and algae wafers at carnivorous fish all the time---just isn't in the best interests of the fish.

Anyway, that's the long-winded rundown of my take on the whole fish food topic.
BV

 

[Dino]

The whole Omerga One things is similar to what BV said about ON.
Look at the ingredients.
Whole fish is better than fish meal.

IMO, the less processed a food is, the better it is for your fish.