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What brand pellets do you feed your sunfish?

Started by Guest_wolfie8000_* , Jul 05 2007 09:50 AM

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#1 Guest_wolfie8000_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 09:50 AM

Just wondering what everybody else uses.
Mine eat Hikari Cichlid Gold as there staple diet, with Aqueon Cichlid Sticks changed in every now and then.
They also eat earthworms and some bugs that the kids catch.

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#2 Guest_smbass_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 10:07 AM

I use tetra live food alternative pellets, these are relatively soft and large so they can be broken up or crushed for smaller fish.

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#3 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 11:51 AM

What an excellent question, one that I always hem and haw over. I have been feeding the Hikari Gold as well. But I'd love to find a food that could help bring out the blues as well as the reds in my longear. It seems like most foods are formulated to bring out reds. Does anyone have any ideas on this?

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#4 Guest_4WheelVFR_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 12:06 PM

I used to feed strictly Hikari for my cichlids, sunfish, and all my other fish for that matter. I've started using New Life Spectrum, and all my fish absolutely love it.

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#5 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 12:07 PM

I feed my warmouth market shrimp and hikari floating carnivore pellets. That's about the only sunfish I'm keeping up until recently.

nativeplanter, have you tried FD krill or freshwater shrimp? I have an OSS now, and will probably get him on those I mentioned with market shrimp being the staple.

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#6 Guest_dsmith73_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 02:21 PM

I use the New Life Spectrum pellets and nearly every fish I feed eats them. THey come in a variety of sizes so that I can cater to the individual species if necessary.

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#7 Guest_edbihary_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 03:08 PM

Do you buy them locally, or order them via internet?

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#8 Guest_killier_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 06:32 PM

HBH soft pellets normaly krill but some times I mess up and feed my lone sunfish some alage pellets

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#9 Guest_sandtiger_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 08:46 PM

Typically cichlid pellets. Omega One, Hikari, Tetra Jumbomin Foodsticks, HBH SuperSoft etc.

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#10 Guest_4WheelVFR_*

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Posted 05 July 2007 - 10:10 PM

Do you buy them locally, or order them via internet?

If you're asking about New Life Spectrum, I buy it online. I buy it from Amazon.com and combine whatever I need with a couple of CD's or movies and get free shipping. Of course, I spend more for the CD's or movies than shipping would be, but as seldom as I buy food, there's always a CD or two that I want.......may as well get the shipping free.
Aquabid also has NLS frequently.

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#11 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 06 July 2007 - 04:30 PM

nativeplanter, have you tried FD krill or freshwater shrimp? I have an OSS now, and will probably get him on those I mentioned with market shrimp being the staple.

Wouldn't those enhance reds? Or would they also enhance blues? I honestly don't know what pigment might help the blue come out more. Chlorophyll, maybe?

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#12 Guest_drewish_*

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Posted 06 July 2007 - 05:35 PM

Wouldn't those enhance reds? Or would they also enhance blues? I honestly don't know what pigment might help the blue come out more. Chlorophyll, maybe?

Now that I think about it, yeah, you're right.

From an artcile on cichlid-forum.com :
"The blue-green algae spirulina is a rich source of phycocyanin and may be added to a diet to enhance blue coloration"

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#13 Guest_Skipjack_*

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Posted 06 July 2007 - 09:07 PM

I feed commercial pellets, either 3 mm, or 5.5 mm. Cheap, and effective. Otherwise it is live daphnia, whiteworms, or some frozen. Also quite a bit of flake

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#14 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 09 July 2007 - 12:02 PM

Now that I think about it, yeah, you're right.

From an artcile on cichlid-forum.com :
"The blue-green algae spirulina is a rich source of phycocyanin and may be added to a diet to enhance blue coloration"

Will give that a shot!