whats your favorite pellet food ?

Snarkys · 06/24/2006, 01:51 PM

when you get lazy and feed pellet what is your favorite kind ?

I like Nutrafin Max Complete Marine Pellets .

They seem to sink slower and stay in the water column longer . The fish also seem to enjoy them more than the other brands i have tried. most they just spit out.

exacta123 · 06/24/2006, 02:04 PM

Formula 1 , it has garlic in it!

FelipeBastos · 06/24/2006, 03:22 PM

Two little fishies is ok

Sk8r · 06/24/2006, 03:25 PM

I use Formula 1

sjm817 · 06/24/2006, 04:03 PM

I haven't used too many, but Formula 1 & 2 seem ok. The fish like it anyway. A heck of a lot easier to feed than their PITA gel cubes.

kabal2 · 06/24/2006, 04:23 PM

formula 1 and 2 i think are some of the best, other ones are a bit heavy in the phosphate IME

Snarkys · 06/24/2006, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by kabal2
formula 1 and 2 i think are some of the best, other ones are a bit heavy in the phosphate IME

you know this to be true or just heard it somewhere ? im just curious.

Bebo77 · 06/24/2006, 09:58 PM

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Originally posted by sjm817
Formula 1 & 2

ditto

i make my own frozen food

dougie · 06/24/2006, 10:04 PM

i use Spectrum, by newlife. Does anyone else use this product? what are your thoughts on it?

sjm817 · 06/24/2006, 10:08 PM

That is the other type that I have besides F1 & 2. I feed it now and then, but the fish seem to the the F1/F2 better.

Bret61081 · 06/24/2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by dougie
i use Spectrum, by newlife. Does anyone else use this product? what are your thoughts on it?

I never used to use it till I meet the owner and saw his tanks...they were AMAZING(some pics still in my gallery) He sold me on it and all my fish love it....Even my venustus angel is now starting to eat it! I have yet to have a fish that doesnt like it...even my friends anthias eat it!

flipteg · 06/24/2006, 10:12 PM

i have Spectrum pellets and Formula 1 and 2 flake food... i rarely use these food though... i feed once every two days, and in those cases where i am just so lazy to feed the fishes, i'd rather skip a feeding or feed the next day, than having to feed them the dry foods...

affan · 06/24/2006, 10:17 PM

I use New Life Spectrum, and all my fish go absolutely nuts over it so I am very happy with it. The enhanced colors don't hurt, either. Also, they claim that in Tangs, their food helps in preventing MHLLE, and quite honestly, my Purple Tang had beginning to show signs of it but the symptoms disappeared a couple of months after I started feeding it. Not sure if NLS had anything to do with it or was it the addition of the EcoSystem MM filter. They claim the same thing as far as MHLLE goes.

Aquabucket · 06/24/2006, 10:18 PM

Been using Aquadine products for a couple of years now. Its hands down the best dry food I have offered to newly aquired wild caught fish. A great variety of fish readily take to these foods. The Duraflake products are a cross between a pellet and a flake. They sink slower than a pellet.

http://www.aquadine.com/

xtrstangx · 06/24/2006, 11:06 PM

Formula 1 and Formula 2

v8maro · 06/24/2006, 11:21 PM

I've been feeding spectrum over a year now, no ill effects to my fish who love it. I rarely feed mysis or any other type of fleshy food. They seem to love it and rarely is a piece left on the substrate

DaveG99 · 06/24/2006, 11:31 PM

I dont like pellet food to much. I usually go for a steak and potato or maybe a burger....

ATP · 06/25/2006, 12:07 AM

New Life Spectrum...for a year or so. Fish love it. Always a frenzy at feeding time

Milhouse · 06/25/2006, 12:25 AM

I've been feeding new life spectrum for a couple of years now. Any and all fish that I've had in my tanks have loved it. I rarely feed frozen food. It's just so much easier than having to go down stairs, thaw it in some water, and then go back upstairs to add it to the tank. I have fish that have been living off of this stuff almost exclusively for about 2 years now.

06/24/2006, 01:51 PM	#1
Snarkys RC Sponsor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 3,516	whats your favorite pellet food ? when you get lazy and feed pellet what is your favorite kind ? I like Nutrafin Max Complete Marine Pellets . They seem to sink slower and stay in the water column longer . The fish also seem to enjoy them more than the other brands i have tried. most they just spit out.

06/24/2006, 03:25 PM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	I use Formula 1 __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

06/24/2006, 04:03 PM	#5
sjm817 On Yer left! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 18,777	I haven't used too many, but Formula 1 & 2 seem ok. The fish like it anyway. A heck of a lot easier to feed than their PITA gel cubes. __________________ - Scott

06/24/2006, 04:23 PM	#6
kabal2 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North JERSEY 07438 Posts: 1,103	formula 1 and 2 i think are some of the best, other ones are a bit heavy in the phosphate IME __________________ Within the beauty of woman.... .... lies the face of God

06/24/2006, 10:04 PM	#9
dougie Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: NSW AUSTRALIA Posts: 607	i use Spectrum, by newlife. Does anyone else use this product? what are your thoughts on it? __________________ Steve Irwin, still my hero, and never forgotten. Current Tank Info: 210 gal, 7x2x2, LED, mp60's. mixed reef.

06/24/2006, 02:04 PM	#2
exacta123 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 352	Formula 1 , it has garlic in it!

06/24/2006, 03:22 PM	#3
FelipeBastos Registered Member. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Florida Posts: 236	Two little fishies is ok

06/24/2006, 10:08 PM	#10
sjm817 On Yer left! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Northern VA Posts: 18,777	That is the other type that I have besides F1 & 2. I feed it now and then, but the fish seem to the the F1/F2 better. __________________ - Scott

06/24/2006, 10:12 PM	#12
flipteg Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 910	i have Spectrum pellets and Formula 1 and 2 flake food... i rarely use these food though... i feed once every two days, and in those cases where i am just so lazy to feed the fishes, i'd rather skip a feeding or feed the next day, than having to feed them the dry foods...

06/24/2006, 10:17 PM	#13
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	I use New Life Spectrum, and all my fish go absolutely nuts over it so I am very happy with it. The enhanced colors don't hurt, either. Also, they claim that in Tangs, their food helps in preventing MHLLE, and quite honestly, my Purple Tang had beginning to show signs of it but the symptoms disappeared a couple of months after I started feeding it. Not sure if NLS had anything to do with it or was it the addition of the EcoSystem MM filter. They claim the same thing as far as MHLLE goes.

06/24/2006, 10:18 PM	#14
Aquabucket Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Green Bay, Wi. Posts: 4,455	Been using Aquadine products for a couple of years now. Its hands down the best dry food I have offered to newly aquired wild caught fish. A great variety of fish readily take to these foods. The Duraflake products are a cross between a pellet and a flake. They sink slower than a pellet. http://www.aquadine.com/ __________________ "Just a drop in the bucket"

06/24/2006, 11:06 PM	#15
xtrstangx Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Shawnee, Kansas Posts: 4,568	Formula 1 and Formula 2

06/24/2006, 11:21 PM	#16
v8maro Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: West Bloomfield, MI Posts: 386	I've been feeding spectrum over a year now, no ill effects to my fish who love it. I rarely feed mysis or any other type of fleshy food. They seem to love it and rarely is a piece left on the substrate

06/24/2006, 11:31 PM	#17
DaveG99 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Forney Texas Posts: 1,597	I dont like pellet food to much. I usually go for a steak and potato or maybe a burger....

06/25/2006, 12:07 AM	#18
ATP Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Louisville, CO Posts: 166	New Life Spectrum...for a year or so. Fish love it. Always a frenzy at feeding time __________________ Pete Current Tank Info: 180g SPS, 150g Mixed

06/25/2006, 12:25 AM	#19
Milhouse Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 722	I've been feeding new life spectrum for a couple of years now. Any and all fish that I've had in my tanks have loved it. I rarely feed frozen food. It's just so much easier than having to go down stairs, thaw it in some water, and then go back upstairs to add it to the tank. I have fish that have been living off of this stuff almost exclusively for about 2 years now.