New Era Fish Food

[Akasha72]

I'm not sure if we've had this before - I searched for it but nothing came up so perhaps not.
 
Well another member has posted about Love Fish fish food which has brought me to mention what I feed my fish and rather than hyjack another thread I thought I'd make my own.
 
 
I've tried various foods for my fish over the years but the one they all seem to like the best is New Era ... that is all except the flake. My lot are fussy about flake and they're not keen on the New Era flake at all.
 
I feed my cories New Era catfish pellets and they seem to absolutely love it. They are soft so gentle on their mouths and they sink well to, generally landing on the sand in a little heap ready for my cories to get stuck in. They don't last very long. The SAE's like them too.
 
For some time I've been feeding my ancistrus New Era's plec pellets too and he really likes them. He comes and clamps his mouth over it and glares at the cories if they try to steal. He's funny 

 
For a long time I fed my SA cichlids their special pellets too. The only thing I found was they sank a little too fast. That's fine for my angelfish as they tend to dart at the food anyway but for curviceps it was no good. Curviceps is too shy to dart out for food and so they tended to miss out. I've not bought any now for a while as I decided to try Tetra Prima instead but once I've used this up I'm considering going back to the New Era cichlid pellets. I found it helped with fish colour more and they seemed 'brighter' on the New Era cichlid pellet.
 
The only problem I have is getting hold of it. My usual lfs don't stock it and I have to either travel about 15 miles to MA to get it (often to find they are out of stock) or I have to order online.
 
So, has anyone else tried it? if so what do you think? do you find the fish love it too? 
 
I'm not sure if it's available outside of the U.K yet so this may only be of any use to the U.K members

 

[baker360360]

I've used the small (3mm I think) cichlid pellets, they enjoyed it. Didn't really make a mess to the water. Also I too had to get it online as it's not available local to me

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Something like this is perfect for the review section, Akasha. if you are interested, please follow the prescribed format and it will be available and potentially easier to find for future users.

 

[Akasha72]

umm ... okay. I'll have a look ... later though. Got a thumping headache at the mo

 

[*pete*]

Great thread Akasha... thought I would put my two penneth in!
 
Its all about balance...
 
Dry... live... frozen... blanched greens... or boiled!
 
Variety... feed sparingly and keep em' hungry for more !!!

 

[Lillefishy]

I feed New Era flakes & pellets as well as frozen & live food

 

[frapadoodle]

Sadly, I can only find New Era online. Other than a couple of the saltwater foods.
Shame too, I have heard good things about New Era.
I feed mainly Omega One, flake and shrimp pellets. And Wardley shrimp pellets as a change of pace.
Every so often they get frozen bloodworms as a treat.

 

[Akasha72]

my lot get alsorts!! Their morning feed is always the same though - tiny pinch of Tetra flake for the harlequins as they're too small for anything else. Small pinch of Tetra Prima for the bigger fish that can handle it. A pinch of New Era catfish pellets for the cories and SAE's and half of a New Era plec pellet (I cut them in half when I buy them as a full one is too big for one plec) for my ancistrus and anyone who wants to polish if off once he's done!
 
Monday evening is frozen Mysis night. Wednesday evening is Artemia night and Saturday evening is Bloodworm night. The other evening they get the same as morning. Once a week I drop in a piece of cucumber or courgette aswell. It doesn't last long with the plec and the SAE's and the snails having a go too!
 
I do balance it out. Some say I over feed but I don't like keeping them hungry ... with two, now nearly fully grown, angelfish and a series of small fish too ... well we all know what is likely to happen. Keep them well fed and they won't try eating each other in my opinion

 

[NickAu]

 
 
Monday evening is frozen Mysis night. Wednesday evening is Artemia night and Saturday evening is Bloodworm night. The other evening they get the same as morning. Once a week I drop in a piece of cucumber or courgette aswell. It doesn't last long with the plec and the SAE's and the snails having a go too!
 
I do balance it out. Some say I over feed but I don't like keeping them hungry

That's the way I do it more or less,  I also tend to vary the dry food, Because I have omnivores Platys, Mollies, shrimp, I feed a variety of floating and sinking micro pellets they are about 1 millimetre and I also crush up algae wafer's up and drop them in the tank the fish love them.  I do prefer to feed more fast sinking pellets and wafers because it keeps the fish occupied, This way they are constantly scurrying around the tank looking for food.
 
 
  https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7dOw2yXs4&feature=youtu.be
 
See what I mean?
 
 

 
Some say I over feed but I don't like keeping them hungry

I agree,