katarian Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Hello everyone, I'm trying to move back to frozen food. All my fish stopped eating frozen food after I introduced them to flake food (I ran out of frozen food I had, and didn't have money to muy frozen that time). So I'm looking for flats, something good and cheap at the same time. What do you guys recommend? Sent from my SM-N915V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate.hobart.1 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 LRS is excellent. It's not super cheap- but honestly- fat, happily eating fish are healthy fish. My fish love LRS. Other than that- and on the cheap spectrum Hikari Angelfish food blend is okay. It's definitely inexpensive and my fish gulp it down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Long term, making your own frozen food and freezing large batches of it is rather efficient. But I would say easy to use and not too expensive are the Hikari flats I mentioned. There are certainly comparable brands with varying qualities so maybe just do a little research on what goes into certain "blends". If you don't have too many fish/tanks many people will tell you to simply bite the bullet and grab a reasonably priced higher quality frozen food mixture that accommodates the majority of tank inhabitants. I personally have a number of fish so I purchase several types of individual frozen food packs and mix them accordingly such as krill, mysis, spiralina enriched brine shrimp, "plankton", and blood worms. I also like using a good pelleted food to give them in between frozen foods. Variety is a good thing hence the popularity of the reputable frozen blends. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimusprime3605 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Jason @OIAB makes his own special blend of frozen fish food, just $10. Hopefully that's cheap enough for you. It most certainly is for me and my fish are fat and happy, as well! HTHSent from my Man Cave while having a cold one! [emoji41] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaywood Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Another vote for LRS. Even my pickiest fish love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katarian Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 How do you make your own food? What all goes in? Where do you get all the stuff from? Sent from my SM-N915V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 I'm a huge fan of Rod's. There's a fish-only flat that is pretty cheap. The full reef packs are about ~$20-25 each but I've had excellent luck using it. I feed formula 1/2 pellets mixed up daily and Rod's 2x/week. Aside from the recent ich adventure, my fish have always been really fat and happy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I have noticed over the Years Fish aren't to picky and don't seem to mind when you feed them no variety. I personally like Mysis Shrimp Hikari is cheap, and Rod's Food. Rod's has a bunch of different things in it, so I usually cut a small piece off and toss it in the glass to thaw with the Mysis shrimp, and a couple times a week I add Reef Chilli to the mix to ensure the corals are getting fed as well. It also depends on how many fish you have and how often you feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katarian Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 I only have 5 fish as of now. 2 clowns, a melanarus wrasse, foxface, and a bangai cardinal. And I usually feed once a day, sometimes once every 2 daysSent from my SM-N915V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 11 hours ago, badxgillen said: Long term, making your own frozen food and freezing large batches of it is rather efficient. But I would say easy to use and not too expensive are the Hikari flats I mentioned. There are certainly comparable brands with varying qualities so maybe just do a little research on what goes into certain "blends". If you don't have too many fish/tanks many people will tell you to simply bite the bullet and grab a reasonably priced higher quality frozen food mixture that accommodates the majority of tank inhabitants. I personally have a number of fish so I purchase several types of individual frozen food packs and mix them accordingly such as krill, mysis, spiralina enriched brine shrimp, "plankton", and blood worms. I also like using a good pelleted food to give them in between frozen foods. Variety is a good thing hence the popularity of the reputable frozen blends. Yes, what Robert said! Hikari flat packs, ocean plankton. Does not seem to contribute at all to algae growth. I have had cyano and algae blooms with other foods. I supplement this with Nori sheets. I learned this from several of the greats including @stylaster and @Arsonmfg Fish are healthy, tank is clean, makes me happy. Just one opinion of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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