Frozen Fish foods

[angelminx]

Does anyone know of a good source for frozen fish food?  I usually get mine at Petco/Petsmart,  but there are some I would like to try that I can't get there.  The couple of places I've seen online that sell them only have a few types and/or brands, and neither has all of the ones I want.  Besides, shipping is ~$30! 

I usually get Hikari and or SF Bay, but I would like to try some from Ocean Nutrition.  I also can't find Freshwater Frenzy (SF Bay, I think) at either of the 2 stores, and online with one site you have to buy it in the large roll, and at the other one, the version (is this the new choice?) they carry has Cichlid Delight (that "flavor" used to be called Discus Delight) as one of the included "flavors", and the 1st ingredient is turkey heart!  I can't find Daphnea or Cyclops around here either. 

I just came across 2 "flavors" from Ocean Nutrition that I can't find anywhere around here; one is an "old stand-by" (of their flake food Brine Shrimp Plus) with the main ingredients:  Mysis shrimp, enriched brine shrimp, marine clams, squid, zoo-plankton (E. pacifica and E. superba), spinach, fish oil, mussels and green algae.  The other is Spirulina Formula, with: Spirulina, Brine Shrimp, Squid, Krill, Mussel, gel binder, Plankton, Krill Meat and Krill Hydrolysate.... 

One of these days I'd like to try them, but given the cost to have them shipped (one doesn't require a minimum order, and the other--if I remember correctly, the one with the ON--requires a minimum order of $30 ) I don't think it will ever happen.

Angelminx

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Hi Angelmix,

With any online site, you are going to pay a huge price for shipping as the foods must be sent overnight, with ice packs and Styrofoam packing. Sometimes sites offer free shipping but that is only if you buy well over $100 in frozen food.

I suggest you search pet stores within a 50 mile radius of your home. It might be fun to do a road trip to another pet store. Some family owned/privately owned (not a chain) stores have a wonderful selection of fish --and they are often more keen on doing special orders for you. Take a five gallon bucket with you (smile). I drive about an hour to buy fish - "have bucket will travel". The best family owned chain of pet stores closed in my home town in 2012. I have tried buying fish locally, but they just don't live long.

I used to get my frozen foods from Pet Supply Plus - but have been getting them at a locally owned store for many years now (once they started to carry them about 6 or 7 years ago). Now all I buy from Pet Supply Plus is cat litter. A privately owned store can check their suppliers and special order in what you want.

Judy D.

[parker002]

Nov 16, 2014 9:51:46 GMT -5 @judy4fish said:

I suggest you search pet stores within a 50 mile radius of your home.

I second this suggestion.

Nov 16, 2014 9:51:46 GMT -5 @judy4fish said:

It might be fun to do a road trip to another pet store.

Might be? No.

WILL be.

My kids and I used to take "adventures" to find new fish stores around us. We've travelled all over the state just checking out new LFS'.

[angelminx]

Sounds like fun, but I'm not so sure at this time of the year; we're supposed to go back up to the mid 50s this weekend, but the last few days we've been in the 20s for highs, and had snow on-and-off.

Angelminx

[devonjohnsgard]

I also use a smaller LFS to get my frozen foods from.

[angelminx]

I meant to mention this sooner, but it slipped my mind.  If you can find it anywhere (Petsmart is the only place I've found it around here) the Omega One Super Carnivore is a great frozen-food treat....all ingredients are whole:  Mysis Shrimp, Brine Shrimp, Bloodworms.  No preservatives added.  GA:  Min. Crude Protein...5.3%, Min. Crude Fat...0.7%,  Max. Crude Fiber...0.4%, Max. Moisture...90%.  The 3.5 ounce package has 35 cubes.

[Amy T]

Nov 19, 2014 0:02:02 GMT -5 angelminx said:

Sounds like fun, but I'm not so sure at this time of the year; we're supposed to go back up to the mid 50s this weekend, but the last few days we've been in the 20s for highs, and had snow on-and-off.

Angelminx

What?!?!  I had to go and check your profile to see where you live!  It didn't say, but you must be up north somewhere:)  Yikes!