Does Your Fish Like the New Era Food?

[lucius]

Anyone try the New Era fish food, specifically the Plec and Catfish pellets?  I find that my cory's and pleco's are completely ignoring the food and the entire pellet is pretty much intact the next morning. 

[robt18]

I used new era rift lake green for my africans and it was the best food I ever gave them... and they loved it.

[Mike L]

I bought the cichlid pellets this past fall from Got Fish. Some of the fish ignored it like any new food for the first month or so. Now they all readily eat it including my plecos and it has become my primary food. The fish look fantastic and I swear the tanks have less waste in them. What I really like is that because the pellets are soft you can take a bunch of them in your fingers, squeeze them together making a bigger ball and then press to the glass. All the fish nip at the food allowing even the smallest fish to easily get fed.
Mike

[fischkopp]

I used some New Era flakes before. Great food! Even my picky fish ate it right away. Their claim about less waste seems to be true as well. I did not notice the little dust clouds or fine particles you usually see with flake food. The only downside is that it is priced as premium product - too high for my everyday use.

[Herstead]

My only experience is with the Marine pellets but my whole tank reacts to them more than any other food I have added.

-Jonathan

[Mike L]

 I bought my 300 gram tub for $22- 24 I believe. It was purchased in late October and is still half full. I feed every other day to 3 tanks and now a fourth total # fish is 27 Tanganyikan cichlids. I think that a pretty good value especially for the benefits is gives.
Mike

[Shawn84]

Good good but like Robert said price is high for everyday used considering I have 22 tank to feed on a daily base.



Shawn

[Mike L]

Good good but like Robert said price is high for everyday used considering I have 22 tank to feed on a daily base.



Shawn

Then don't feed the fish the expensive stuff every day. I have noticed a great increase in fish colour behavior and general well being. My tanks are less polluted so less effort in maintenance  Good trade off.  If a fish gets more nutrients from less food wouldn't that be best.

At the risk of peeing you off why have 22 tanks that you look after with less then the best. I'd rather have half that with all fish in premium condition

[lucius]

Tried again and still untouched.  The pellets are kind of big so maybe they are afraid of it.  I've only fed them twice and almost half of it is gone already so I echo the above that it's too pricey for everyday feeding.