Just thought I would post my experience with Hikari brand foods. I have been feeding a number of their foods over the years but only recently tried the following:
Hikari MicroPellets
Hikari MicroWafers
Hikari FD Bloodworms
The micropellets are IDEAL for tetras, rainbows, etc. Just the right size and sink at just the right rate. They love them and everyone gets 2-4 pellets. Its almost like beach sand in consistency, however it expands just a tad when it hits the water. Good balanced diet, with 3 different kind of pellets. 1 is meat based, 1 is veggie based, and 1 is basically a multi-vitamin for fish. Smells horrid, so I know the fish love it. LOL, cant stress enough how great this stuff is.
The microwafers I must say I am not as pleased with. They sink very rapidly and are so small they quickly sink into the substrate, and I am stuck vaccuming it out later. The reason I got them was for my corydoras who have small mouths and have a hard time eating the sinking carnivore wafers I had been feeding them due to size. These are also from Hikari. I will likely not use the sinking wafers again in my gravel tanks. They work well on sand though, since I needn't worry about it fouling my substrate.
The bloodworms I had been using were from a different manufacter and were a dark brown color, smelled foul, and had lots of little worm bits mixed in with the whole worms. These from Hikari are reddish brown, have little odor, and the fish simply go crazy for them. Also, they stay on the surface much better then the other ones I was previously using. Seems to me that the worms are larger/longer w/ less dust and junk floating on the surface then my old brand. I am very happy with these bloodworms and I will continue buying these from now on. *i do not feed real bloodworms due to possible disease*
Hope that was informative. I'd steer clear of the microwafers, but other then that Hikari's newer line of foods is really impressive. Good price and great quality.
Hikari MicroPellets
Hikari MicroWafers
Hikari FD Bloodworms
The micropellets are IDEAL for tetras, rainbows, etc. Just the right size and sink at just the right rate. They love them and everyone gets 2-4 pellets. Its almost like beach sand in consistency, however it expands just a tad when it hits the water. Good balanced diet, with 3 different kind of pellets. 1 is meat based, 1 is veggie based, and 1 is basically a multi-vitamin for fish. Smells horrid, so I know the fish love it. LOL, cant stress enough how great this stuff is.
The microwafers I must say I am not as pleased with. They sink very rapidly and are so small they quickly sink into the substrate, and I am stuck vaccuming it out later. The reason I got them was for my corydoras who have small mouths and have a hard time eating the sinking carnivore wafers I had been feeding them due to size. These are also from Hikari. I will likely not use the sinking wafers again in my gravel tanks. They work well on sand though, since I needn't worry about it fouling my substrate.
The bloodworms I had been using were from a different manufacter and were a dark brown color, smelled foul, and had lots of little worm bits mixed in with the whole worms. These from Hikari are reddish brown, have little odor, and the fish simply go crazy for them. Also, they stay on the surface much better then the other ones I was previously using. Seems to me that the worms are larger/longer w/ less dust and junk floating on the surface then my old brand. I am very happy with these bloodworms and I will continue buying these from now on. *i do not feed real bloodworms due to possible disease*
Hope that was informative. I'd steer clear of the microwafers, but other then that Hikari's newer line of foods is really impressive. Good price and great quality.