Tropical vs Tetra Foods

I have been surfing the web to see who is feeding what food. I would like know out of my old time preverance Tetra Bits. Is Tropical a good food aswell? I like a bit type food rather than a flake type food.

 

Have you checked the ingredients of both foods?

 

Not yet... Want to get personal opions.

 

I mix my Tetra Bits with Ocean Nutrient flakes and fighting fish pellets. Fish seem to enjoy it.

 

I personally would feed both for the variety.

 

Depends on what type of fish it is. Dry bloodworms can do the trick, depending on the fish you have. I know that chiclids loves dry bloodworms, frozen bloodworms, pieces of banana, cucumber and chiclid pellets. Sometimes I even add some colour enhanched tropical flakes and shrimp.


All depends on the different types of fish.


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Intersting I don't see anyone using Tropical ... The fish i am feeding is Rasboras, Tetra's and Discus\angels.

 

Roetske,how many discus do you have?what size are they?just tropical en tetra bits wont be enough,although there are huge breeders that claim they only use tetra bits,they need more of a variaty packed with vitamins!

 

Yes. Agree give discus a variety of good foods contact @Marco for some good imported frozen discus food and, @Altum for new life spectrums.

 

@jabula 7749 - I don't have Discus at the moment but I have some on order (Xingu's, Red Spotted Green's and Wild blue's) that should be comming in the next month or 2.
@dash - I don't plan to feed them only pellets or flakes. I would like to use these foods as a base feed and then all the frozen's as supplements.

I see this post as a bit of research to good foods. I have seen many ppl going bonkers about Tropical and I have very good experiances with Tetra aswell. As there is always new things in the hobby being new food or equipment one needs to question if the old is still the best or is there something new that needs to be tried.

 

I am all for mixing it up .. would you want to eat at the SPUR everyday? Actually the best food I have ever had / used is the stuff that Dirk brings in.

Later Ferdie

 

I like tetra as it also more available. P.S bloodworm isn't very good fish food although they love it.

 

@ Vis

Bloodworms seems to be the best protein for my chiclids,guppies,red tail sharks,bala sharks and it is the only thing that my blood parrot chiclid wants to eat. She seems to grow faster, looks more healthier and colourful. I even fed it to my goldfish and black tetras. Not one of them died and I've fed them bloodworms for 2years now.

 

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Sorry. Just saying what works best for my aquarium. Just my opinion . Everyone has different ideas.

 

Hi sorry to go off topic but, blood worms have very little or know protein or nutritional value for fish. I stand to be corrected but, bloodworms are used as roughage and to stimulate fish to eat. Once in a while it is ok.

 

@dash: Blood worms are a high protein diet. Approximately 60 percent of their dry weight is protein so they pretty much compare to tubifex worms in that regard. And depending on the brand they actually add extra nutrients like Ocean Nutrients do: Bloodworms, Fish Nutrition, Aqua Yums, Aquarium Food, San Diego The nutritional content is 55% protein, 3% fat, and 5% fiber. Obviously you should not feed it everyday but it has nutritional value.

 

Best for breeding too. Chiclids breed much faster.

 

Yes dry weight. Now take the average blood worm blister pack sold in SA, unfreeze it and dry it out. You will have to buy packs and packs of the stuff to get to the same value of nutrition as say a good granule food.

My opinion blood worm as frozen food is not very good. I am not saying its useless though but definitely not a staple diet.