Recommended pellet Food

Shua71 · Apr 25, 2018

I have a yellow tang, clownfish, damsel, and royal gramma which I mainly feed pellet food. I feed frozen once in awhile when I have the time to thaw it out. I have had a jar of new life spectrum which I am finishing up now. My fish appear to love it but I was thinking of adding another type of pellet which I can feed them for some variety. What are some pellet foods you guys have had success with?

Fifty8reef · Apr 25, 2018

I haven't tried yet but I've been hearing good reviews about cobalt and hikari pellets. I'll be ordering some because some of my fish won't ready nls. I need something besides the p.e mysis flakes

eatbreakfast · Apr 25, 2018

Hikari, Cobalt, New Life and others are all fine brands. But if you look at the ingredients most pellets are going to be fairly similar. If you want to add variety for your fish's diet you would be better served makingvtime to incorporate frozen food more often.

homer1475 · Apr 25, 2018

You could also try an algae pellet. Hikari and NLS make a great sinking algae pellet.

I'm surprised that your fish don't care for the NLS, if I have a picky fish, NLS usually gets them eating.

Fifty8reef · Apr 25, 2018

homer1475 said:
You could also try an algae pellet. Hikari and NLS make a great sinking algae pellet.

I'm surprised that your fish don't care for the NLS, if I have a picky fish, NLS usually gets them eating.

When I bought them they were exclusively feed frozen so I kept that up in the beginning. It caused me problems I the end

eatbreakfast · Apr 25, 2018

Cstanberry said:
When I bought them they were exclusively feed frozen so I kept that up in the beginning. It caused me problems I the end

What sort of problems? If it was algae or increased nutrients several solutions are available. One is to rinse frozen in a brine shrimp net and feeding less food each time you feed.

DSC reef · Apr 25, 2018

Check out reef nutrition TDO chroma boost. It's a great quality pellet food.

Fifty8reef · Apr 25, 2018

eatbreakfast said:
What sort of problems? If it was algae or increased nutrients several solutions are available. One is to rinse frozen in a brine shrimp net and feeding less food each time you feed.

Algae. I'm fighting multiple kinds right now. Green hair and cyano. I'm going to try the rinsing method tho

Eastlake · Apr 25, 2018

Rinsing works wonders, I couldn't believe the difference in just a few weeks time. And pellet food wise I'm a big fan of all of the omega one products, or rather I should say that my fish are. But, they've also been conditioned on that product. I tried NLS a couple of times, fine product as I've seen beautiful fish populations who are fed only that, but my fish don't seem to like it.

minus9 · Apr 25, 2018

Larry's Reef Frenzy is a great frozen food and no rinsing is required. He has an algae blend as well.

User1 · Apr 26, 2018

minus9 said:
Larry's Reef Frenzy is a great frozen food and no rinsing is required. He has an algae blend as well.

It is a healthy food - no doubt. Fish and corals loved it. However, my skimmer went bonkers for 24 hours.

Hans-Werner · Apr 26, 2018

Take care that the raw fat in the pellet food is quite high and rich in HUFA/PUFA. Raw fat should be ca. 1/3 of raw protein. Fats are the main energy source of fish and help keep fish healthy and nutrient excretion low.

SashimiTurtle · Apr 26, 2018

LRS is a great frozen. You may be feeding too much, I've never had skimmer issues with feeding frozen. I also use PE mysis pellets. I feed pellets a few times a day, very small pinches, my 5 fish(clowns and wrasse) eat it all in about 3 seconds. I also feed one advil sized piece of reef frenzy thawed out and added to the tank once a day. I have no algae issues.

DSC reef · Apr 26, 2018

saf1 said:
It is a healthy food - no doubt. Fish and corals loved it. However, my skimmer went bonkers for 24 hours.

That's strange, typically the healthy fats will make my skimmer foam non exisistent. Just shows how different our tanks can react to the same products we use.

Daniel@R2R · Apr 26, 2018

I'm a fan of Reef Nutrition's TDO pellets. My fish go crazy for them.

SourAngelfish · Apr 26, 2018

I like Omega One a lot, (it’s cheap too!).

Amado · Apr 26, 2018

I had a discus tank for years and all I fed was new life spectrum. Discus are notoriously finicky eaters and they ate that food. I changed my tank to a African cichlids tank and I also had great successfeeding nls. Now I have a reef tank so I am also feeding new life spectrum and my fish are growing. My local fish store suggested I feed some frozen so I do it 3 times a week and I feed nori everyday.

User1 · Apr 26, 2018

Robin Haselden said:
LRS is a great frozen. You may be feeding too much, I've never had skimmer issues with feeding frozen. I also use PE mysis pellets. I feed pellets a few times a day, very small pinches, my 5 fish(clowns and wrasse) eat it all in about 3 seconds. I also feed one advil sized piece of reef frenzy thawed out and added to the tank once a day. I have no algae issues.

Thanks for the tip on the "too much" part. I could be - not sure. But what I will do though since you mentioned it is cut it in half and see what it does. Thanks for the advise.

CherBear811 · Apr 26, 2018

Ive used NLS for over a decade and it has kept many different kinds of fish healthy. The 2 other pellet foods I really like are PE Mysis, fish LOVE it, and BlueZoo's house blend, which I think is the most natural but you can only order it from them.