Who has the best frozen food?

[leo12345]

Who has the best food between LRS, rods food, San Francisco Bay, and piscine?

 

[Aluco]

All good choices imo. Generally speaking lrs is my go to but I feed a variety of sf brand too

 

[flashsmith]

I prefer Hikari. To me it's cleaner than any other brands I've tried. Seems fresher and never smelly. Usually priced better as well. I switch between the mysis,brine, squid, and mega marine packs. Never any leftovers and pieces my tank won't eat. I've had that issue with some other brands.

 

[Nemo&Friends]

I use LRS, Hikari and Piscine. They are all good, but LRS has some big chunk which are too big for small fish. I do not use it in the tank with small gobies and PJ cardinal because they cannot swallow them.

 

[Dburr1014]

I make my own with fresh ingredients.
Mine is the best.

 

[SamsReef]

Piscine PE Mysis. I stopped everything else and alternate with nori and pellets. Corals are also happy along with healthy fishes.

Sam

 

[doubleshot00]

I like Piscine, Hikari and LRS. These are the three i like the most in that order. I use some San Francisco Bay if i need to increase No3 and Po4. In my untested theory Hikari is the cleanest.

 

[mike550]

I switch off between Hikari and Rods. @doubleshot00 thanks for the tip about SF Bay. I’m trying to raise nitrates.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Who has the best food between LRS, rods food, San Francisco Bay, and piscine?

Nutritionally speaking, between those four, I’d put them in the order you have them. LRS and Rod’s have similar, high-quality ingredients, but LRS has a higher protein content while Rod’s has higher fat (~59% protein and ~13% fat for LRS Reef Frenzy, ~53% protein and ~15% fat for Rod’s Original). For both SFBB and PE, they’re great as supplemental foods, but I personally wouldn’t recommend them as a primary/main food (in part because they lack a good variety of ingredients which could potentially result in nutrition deficiencies, and in part because things like mysis - while great on protein - are low on fat, and you need a sufficient amount of fat for the fish to be healthy enough to do things like breed and lay healthy eggs).

That said, LRS and/or Hikari’s Mega Marine lines would be my top choices personally, followed closely by Rod’s. From what I’ve seen, for the best health in fish, you want a variety of good ingredients, high protein (50%+ minimum by dry weight, preferably closer to 60%+), and a moderate amount of fat (10-15% by dry weight, preferably closer to 13 or 14%).

 

[vetteguy53081]

Who has the best food between LRS, rods food, San Francisco Bay, and piscine?

Ocean nutrition and LRS

 

[Boehmtown]

I think they are all good for all different foods. Love reef nutrition pellets, hikari mysis, aquarium co-op brine shrimp eggs, reef nutrition live phyto, reef roids, rods was good, I think it really depends on your tank which is gonna be the best choice for you

 

[flashsmith]

This fat boy is on Hikari and reef nutrition pellets.

 

[OrionN]

Freshness and variety is the essential. Not necessary variety of brands abut variety of ingredient’s

 

[CK00020]

I like LRS and hikari, that’s what is sold by me. I have heard good things about rods but not available locally.

 

[leo12345]

This fat boy is on Hikari and reef nutrition pellets.
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Is Hikari infused with vitamins?

 

[flashsmith]

Is Hikari infused with vitamins?

Yes it is.

 

[fishywishy]

Who has the best pellets out of the brands?

 

[OrionN]

Otohime is the best pellets IME