Best Low/No Phosphate Fish Foods?

smspring · 08/28/2008, 01:03 PM

What are the best flake/frozen/prepared foods that have no phosphates... and the fish thrive on?

ClayC · 08/28/2008, 01:51 PM

As long as you are feeding your fish with a product that has been derived from another living thing, there are going to be phosphates in there. Your fish need phosphates too. Your best bet is to rinse frozen food well and avoid overfeeding.
Good luck,

smspring · 08/28/2008, 02:41 PM

thanks Clay... I'm aware there are procedures and precautions to take, but I've also heard there are some foods to avoid and others to look for... trying to get an idea of which foods are preferable.

sps1-2-b · 08/28/2008, 07:12 PM

Give Rods Food a try

Landon B. · 08/28/2008, 08:06 PM

I fed flake Cyclopeeze to my 20 nano for a couple of years and had great results. Give it a try!

seapug · 08/28/2008, 10:17 PM

Clay is right. Phosphate is in all foods, but quality foods have more nutritional value per unit of phosphate they contain. Judicious feeding and rinsing/decanting frozen food can reduce the gross pollution from it, but it's more of an issue of using a quality food so you get more nutritional value from the unavoidable inputs of Phosphate feeding involves.

It's like the issue of power consumption and lighting. All lights require electricity, but there's a big difference between the quality of light from a 150W metal halide bulb and a 150W incandescent bulb.

phish guy · 08/28/2008, 11:03 PM

i feed Ocean Nutritions Formula 2 mixed with Cyclopeze pellets. San Fransico Bay brand brine or mysis shrimp soaked in Selcon ussually twice a week and sea weed every now and then for my tang. i have 0 phosphate (salifert)

reefman2525 · 08/29/2008, 06:25 AM

I feed brine shrimp frozen and net out the brine after it defrost. if u test the liquid that is left over u will have phosphates. freeze dried food is great too, check out ORA glow pellets I swear this stuff colors pops the pigments in fish.

08/28/2008, 01:03 PM	#1
smspring Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 356	Best Low/No Phosphate Fish Foods? What are the best flake/frozen/prepared foods that have no phosphates... and the fish thrive on?

08/28/2008, 01:51 PM	#2
ClayC Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Humboldt State University, Northern California Posts: 9	As long as you are feeding your fish with a product that has been derived from another living thing, there are going to be phosphates in there. Your fish need phosphates too. Your best bet is to rinse frozen food well and avoid overfeeding. Good luck, __________________ -Clay Current Tank Info: Soon to be 55g mixed reef

08/28/2008, 08:06 PM	#5
Landon B. Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 61	I fed flake Cyclopeeze to my 20 nano for a couple of years and had great results. Give it a try! __________________ "Ideas are meant to be shared." Current Tank Info: 40 Breeder Mixed Reef

08/28/2008, 10:17 PM	#6
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	Clay is right. Phosphate is in all foods, but quality foods have more nutritional value per unit of phosphate they contain. Judicious feeding and rinsing/decanting frozen food can reduce the gross pollution from it, but it's more of an issue of using a quality food so you get more nutritional value from the unavoidable inputs of Phosphate feeding involves. It's like the issue of power consumption and lighting. All lights require electricity, but there's a big difference between the quality of light from a 150W metal halide bulb and a 150W incandescent bulb. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

08/28/2008, 11:03 PM	#7
phish guy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South NJ Posts: 1,003	i feed Ocean Nutritions Formula 2 mixed with Cyclopeze pellets. San Fransico Bay brand brine or mysis shrimp soaked in Selcon ussually twice a week and sea weed every now and then for my tang. i have 0 phosphate (salifert) __________________ Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Reef, Reeftech LEDs ( on their way out for reefbreeder Photons), Reef Octoput NWB250, Custom made Sump/Refufium, Mp40wES, Koralia's. SPS, LPS, Zoas/Palys

08/28/2008, 02:41 PM	#3
smspring Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 356	thanks Clay... I'm aware there are procedures and precautions to take, but I've also heard there are some foods to avoid and others to look for... trying to get an idea of which foods are preferable.

08/28/2008, 07:12 PM	#4
sps1-2-b Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 1,248	Give Rods Food a try

08/29/2008, 06:25 AM	#8
reefman2525 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Farfield County Posts: 183	I feed brine shrimp frozen and net out the brine after it defrost. if u test the liquid that is left over u will have phosphates. freeze dried food is great too, check out ORA glow pellets I swear this stuff colors pops the pigments in fish.