Will a JD eat this?

[cptcaveman]

I'm wondering if all of the added color enhancers will make my JDs "bling" more.
Or maybe just feed it to them to change up their diet. 

[devonjohnsgard]

I believe so.
Hikari is a decent food, so just speaking generally, a fish will bling more, when they are overall healthy and not having immunity effected. Then relying on a food to boost color, but still not be so healthy. I would consider the AAP Custom food, as it has these color enhancers, but also has high fiber, which Hikari is lower on, which keeps the food moving through the digestive tract and feeds the good bacteria in the gut, instead of having to supplement with pro-biotics like Hikari does.

[cptcaveman]

I looked into aap about a year ago before I got bio gold. What I didn't like about it is that it seems like you have to guess how much you're feeding them or have to put work into it, where as pellet food is already done.

Would love to start a monster tank like I talked about a year ago, but time would be an issue. It can be tough just taking care of my 55 and a saltwater will take some more but It'll look good in our movie room.

[devonjohnsgard]

I understand what your saying. Once you figure out how to feed it, it's just as quick. The difference is that the AAP food is dehydrated, not to cook out things that get destroyed at high heat, which is why foods like Hikari supplements ingredients back in. So, the pellet can be easier, but it's less quality.

[Carl]

Sept 19, 2017 19:54:14 GMT -5 cptcaveman said:

I looked into aap about a year ago before I got bio gold. What I didn't like about it is that it seems like you have to guess how much you're feeding them or have to put work into it, where as pellet food is already done.

In reality any fish food is guessing until you find the sweet spot (I have found no difference between a flake, pellet, or a crumble here). If you want accuracy, a gram measure would be the way to go, but this is really only needed for science based fish food trials

Carl