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Foods and Feeding SuppliesWe accept special orders for most dried food products. Email us. |
| The Algae Zone If you have string algae, stop feeding your fish. String is healthy fish food. |
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A good quality fish food should have 35% to 40% protein, and most of that protein should come from: fish. I've had problems with Wardley causing excessive algae in tanks, even though the label reads great, the fish don't eat it, and what they don't eat can cause cloudy green water and excessive algae growth. So I don't carry Wardley. I carry only one brand of feeder blocks, because those haven't killed any fish, even when I got brave and dropped a small one in a marine tank for a 4 day weekend. Fish ate it, no ammonia / nitrite spike, works for me. So the feeder blocks are Aquatrol, and there isn't any Wardley. Hikari is good, but the phosphate level in algae pellets can greatly contribute to a cyanobacteria problem. If you've got Cyano, cut the pellets back and use a phosphate remover just to see what happens. For now Hikari will be special order, as I am re-stocking the store with all fresh foods. Let's see, other tips. Most people over-feed their fish. Never mind what the jar says, once a day is fine. And pond foods, well outdoor pond fish are getting part of their protein from bugs, so anything over 30% that doesn't grow much algae will be fine. I like Ginger, I'm feeding their flake to my own and service aquariums, and a lot of pond fish are on their pellets. Their products are made in USA, not super cheap but as good a quality as I've seen from Tetra at a lower price, and they are much better than Wardleys. Happy New Year and welcome back. I'm glad we are finally getting the site cleaned up. Click
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Monthly maintenance on your freshwater tank, or bi-weekly maintenance on your marine tank, will help to keep it, and your fish, healthy and attractive. We accept special orders for supplies and equipment. If they pass our testing standards, we will stock them on a regular basis.
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