[Reefland]

Might not be a bad addition with other foods for a good mixed diet. Make sure to not use just one food for your fish, mix it up with frozen, homemade, flakes and pellets.

[cichlidfort]

yeah there's been articles on how this food was introduced to marine life and they liked it so much that they didn't want to swtich back to the old foods.

[Reefland]

I don't know that I would agree with that...

[dave00gt]

Originally Posted by Reefland

I don't know that I would agree with that...

well which one would you reccomend..

[cichlidfort]

Well the articles are not made up.

[CSeaSee]

Maybe I missed it on their website... are there any independent lab reports about their products, or is it all anecdotal testimonials?

[brooke]

I like Formula One flakes or the Cyclop-eeze wafers.

[CSeaSee]

Is there a recent poll on what we feed our fish?

[cichlidfort]

Its not on the manufacturer website but on a website called cichlidforum.com

This is true that the saltwater fish never switched back and their color increased. You should check it out.

[dave00gt]

My clownfish got sick the next day , i went to the local fish store and they reccomended me a QT and some copper medicine, it looks like its working already, i wish i had my camera charged to take pictures, he said he should be better in about 5-7 days.

[Reefland]

A couple of things here. First on the food issues, I don't think there is one single food that is appropriate for a fish. I think a mixed diet is the best option for all around nutrition. With that said I like to feed enriched frozen mysis and brine as well as a mix of Ocean Nutrition flakes, Prime Reef, Formula's 1 and 2, etc.

Now on your sick clown, what is sick about it? How is it acting? Be very careful with the copper treatment, I would think that it might not have been needed and it requires careful, precise dosing.

[dave00gt]

Originally Posted by Reefland

A couple of things here. First on the food issues, I don't think there is one single food that is appropriate for a fish. I think a mixed diet is the best option for all around nutrition. With that said I like to feed enriched frozen mysis and brine as well as a mix of Ocean Nutrition flakes, Prime Reef, Formula's 1 and 2, etc.

Now on your sick clown, what is sick about it? How is it acting? Be very careful with the copper treatment, I would think that it might not have been needed and it requires careful, precise dosing.

Reef- i appreciate your responses , a mixed diet i know would be great and i am feeding it live brine shrimp, with flake food. thanks

My clown was a Percula Clown, small.. it had little white clusters on his haed by his gills, he wouldnt eat live brine shrimp, flake, or blood worms. The first day i got him which was this wensday, i noticed a lil red spot as if a lil needle puncture with a mni small bubble, i thougth he would heal and it would come off... wrong there was an outbreak overnight and little clusters formed on him, i quickly went to the store i got him at and they reccomended me some in tank treatment, but if i had a QT they reccomended me some stronger copper treatment, fine i got the stronger copper treatment and i treated him, he didnt get any better in the QT.So i put him back in the tank with the only 2 damsels, a blue aggressive one, and a purple yellow tail damsel, well shortly after Nemo died, the yellow damsel had 3 white spots in an instant and was acting weary and not hiding in the rocks. So i quickly scooped him up and she didnt put up a fight, i Quarantened her and put some copper and in an instant she changed to a dark purple to a light purple .. she got better in less than 30 minutes ,and i just put her back in cause she wasnt weary anymore and more active in the QT tank, so i put her back in the tank...Now i see her this morning and she is that dark purple she was before and she doesnt have any more white spots .. honestly it worked really fast because i grabbed her immediately and treated her right away, and they are strong contenders to start off your tank.

I called the fish store and they are goint to give me another clown fish for 1/2 the price next time i get one again, that is in two weeks more so my tank would be set up with 4 weeks of cycling..so it should be good.

[cichlidfort]

I agree to you reef. I feed my fish anyways a balanced diet I was just trying to say that there was a highly recommended food called NLS. But you are right, in the wild fish don't feed on just one type of food.