So I just had a major Oh Crap moment. After feeding my fish this food for a month, I finally glanced at the pictures of the fish on the label. They were saltwater fish. So I go, Oh, that's weird, and look at the rest of the label out of curiosity. The only thing I had really noticed on the label when purchasing the food was the nutritional values, and when I finally picked this one I was mainly looking at the size of the pellets.
Well. I got a shock. It's New Life Spectrum, which is great, but it wasn't what I thought I had. It was the Marine Fish Formula. :uhoh:
I have no idea how I picked this up in the store. The foods are separated by freshwater and marine. I just can't believe it took me this long to notice. So my question is, is this a bad thing? I haven't noticed any ill effects on my fish from them eating this. I do supplement with Aqueon Tropical Flakes, Aqueon Shrimp Pellets, Petco Preferred Algae Wafers and, as of last week, Omega One Natural Protein Formula Freshwater Flakes. I also have frozen bloodworms(they hate them.) and a variety pack of other frozen foods. They generally hate that too. I have also introduced frozen deshelled smushed peas recently. So I do give a vast variety of foods, but the New Life Spectrum is their favorite. I do have to soak it for twenty minutes before I feed it to them, though. Even with the small size, my fish can not chew it without it being completely soft first.
Just to give you an idea of who is in the tank, I have Angels, Corydoras, Black Skirt Tetras, Neon Tetras, one Platy, Ghost Shrimp and a mix of pond and ramshorn snails.
By the way, I've been a lurker here off and on for some time, recently joined, and this is my first post. So, Hello All!
Well. I got a shock. It's New Life Spectrum, which is great, but it wasn't what I thought I had. It was the Marine Fish Formula. :uhoh:
I have no idea how I picked this up in the store. The foods are separated by freshwater and marine. I just can't believe it took me this long to notice. So my question is, is this a bad thing? I haven't noticed any ill effects on my fish from them eating this. I do supplement with Aqueon Tropical Flakes, Aqueon Shrimp Pellets, Petco Preferred Algae Wafers and, as of last week, Omega One Natural Protein Formula Freshwater Flakes. I also have frozen bloodworms(they hate them.) and a variety pack of other frozen foods. They generally hate that too. I have also introduced frozen deshelled smushed peas recently. So I do give a vast variety of foods, but the New Life Spectrum is their favorite. I do have to soak it for twenty minutes before I feed it to them, though. Even with the small size, my fish can not chew it without it being completely soft first.
Just to give you an idea of who is in the tank, I have Angels, Corydoras, Black Skirt Tetras, Neon Tetras, one Platy, Ghost Shrimp and a mix of pond and ramshorn snails.
By the way, I've been a lurker here off and on for some time, recently joined, and this is my first post. So, Hello All!
