Ocean Nutrition Formula, flakes or pellets?

[Bolivian Reefer]

I am changing my food brand to Ocean Nutrition. I want to order the formula one and two. I just ordered also Selcon and garlic to add to the food as a vitamin supplement. My question is which type is better, flakes or pellets? Which one will pollute my tank less?

Thanks in advance

 

[geaux xman]

i really like ON form 2 pellets. they sink right down, but i'm barebottom and 75%(3 does not eat pellets) of my fish clean house on them. get the small pellets. i hear the medium is way big, close to 3mm.

the ON form 1 floats better and some stays on top of the surface.

i feed both, but the ON form 2 more. variety is good for the fish.

ON PRIME reef flakes is good too. What i have in my container is kinda crumbled up so i dont think the fish gets to eat a lot of it. They all love it though.

Dr.F&S has very good prices on them. I'm about to buy more today.

 

[Yurivd]

I am not impressed it colors the water I am now changing to new era aquaculture

 

[kirkaz]

No matter what company, I prefer pellets. Pellets always get eaten eventually, flakes can break down and disappear into the overflow more readily in my experience.

Oh, and I use both formula 1 and 2 from Ocean Nutrition combined with NLS Pellets.

 

[Eric the half-bee]

I've used both pellets and flake by O. N. and my clan will gobble both. The flakes are messier and end up in my overflows.

 

[Bolivian Reefer]

I want to add Selcon or Garlic to the it for vitamin supplementation, to which type would be easier to add? pellets or flakes? I have mysis already but I want to vary the menu

Thanks!

 

[MrTuskfish]

IMO, flakes are for goldfish. they're way too fragile and there's a lot of waste. BTW, what else are you feeding? Your first post almost sounds like you're feeding just one food.

 

[d0ughb0y]

don't bother with selcon, ocean nutrition pellets already contains garlic.
it says so on the packaging and in the ingredients.

 

[MrTuskfish]

don't bother with selcon, ocean nutrition pellets already contains garlic.
it says so on the packaging and in the ingredients.

Selcon is not a garlic additive; its a vitamin and nutritional supplement that contains no garlic. Selcon may be the most popular food additive in the hobby. I'm not big on all the garlic additives anyway, but many hobbyists are. many fish foods and most dog foods contain garlic---as an appetite booster. Italian greyhounds are know to be especially fond of it.

 

[d0ughb0y]

thanks for the correction. I still would not bother wasting money on selcon.

 

[kirkaz]

thanks for the correction. I still would not bother wasting money on selcon.

Lots of people find it the best additive on the market. I certainly use it, if it adds beneficial nutrients to the fishes diet, I don't see how it can be a waste of money.:hmm2:

 

[Recty]

thanks for the correction. I still would not bother wasting money on selcon.

Selcon is basically a bunch of amino acids and fats, if I recall.

It's one of the few supplements I used on my large FOWLR and I really feel it helped contribute to the health of the fish.

There arent many supplements I recommend but Selcon is one of the few I heartily endorse. I cant see anything bad with adding it besides spending a little extra money, and the potential benefits are very good. There is a lot in the selcon that I'm hoping my fish would normally get in the wild with a varied diet that is just really hard to provide in the foods we feed.

 

[d0ughb0y]

Lots of people find it the best additive on the market. I certainly use it, if it adds beneficial nutrients to the fishes diet, I don't see how it can be a waste of money.:hmm2:

lots of people don't use selcon but have healthy fish. it's not like its a necessity that if you don't give your fish selcon, they'll all die.

 

[bamf25]

My clowns LOVE th formula one small pellets. Then again as the person at the fish store noted, they are tank bread clowns and would likely eat a ham sandwich if you put it in the tank.

 

[kirkaz]

lots of people don't use selcon but have healthy fish. it's not like its a necessity that if you don't give your fish selcon, they'll all die.

I can pretty much guarantee my fish wouldn't die without Selcon, but the phrase "waste of money" is pretty subjective in this hobby....My wife would argue I've "wasted a lot of money" in this hobby, but I don't think the $10 bottle of Selcon every 6 months makes her list.

 

[cannon77]

We feed ON flakes and pellets, both 1 and 2 along with every other food you can imagine and our own DIY breeder formula. All I know is all of our clowns are fat, happy and healthy.....and I have less cash in the bank!!! These crazy fish eat better than I do

 

[MrTuskfish]

lots of people don't use selcon but have healthy fish. it's not like its a necessity that if you don't give your fish selcon, they'll all die.

My objective is not to just keep my fish alive, that's easy. Seeing them thrive is another and I think products like Selcon go a long way toward that goal. So do the authors of any book on our hobby I've ever read; but, hey, what do they know. Why not just get some hardy fish and feed them cheap goldfish flakes, they'll live?

 

[Bolivian Reefer]

IMO, flakes are for goldfish. they're way too fragile and there's a lot of waste. BTW, what else are you feeding? Your first post almost sounds like you're feeding just one food.

I feed hikari brine, mysis, and marine -s- pellets; seaweed for my tangs. I have not had experience with any flakes yet, but it makes sense, they are too fragile. I think I will get pellets for both NO formulas. Any other variety of food that you would recommend? I was thinking about maybe cyclopeeze or blood worms?

Thank you for all the comments!

 

[SDguy]

ON - I don't care for their pellets, but I like their flakes. I use NLS pellets, which, BTW, smell just like Selcon when soaked in water

 

[Bolivian Reefer]

I ordered pellets for the formula one and flakes for the formula two