Hikari 8.8-Ounce Cichlid Gold Floating Pellets for Pets, Mini

They love it

Fish live it

Wonderful

My fish love this food. They are healthy, colorful and growing. I would highly recommend it.

I've used Hikari for over thirty years with great results. Some of the other Hikari formulas have been down graded in protein and now carry MSG - However Cichlid Gold isn't one of them.The best things about this food are that the first ingredient is white fish meal. It's important when evaluating any pet food that the source of animal protein is identified, in this case it's white fish. In addition many companies that manufactures pet foods get around certain guidelines by weighing the protein source prior to cooking. Being as raw meat is over 90% water prior to cooking what is often listed as the first ingredient - is in fact much lower on the list.This Hikari formula lists "white fish meal" as the first ingredient making this food a step up in quality. I use this food in conjunction with Zoo-Meds Spirulina 20 which is incredibly rich in protein, amino acids and other essentials with virtually zero filler. This combination - with the addition of fresh blanched kale and other dark greens has brought their color out dramatically, the fish are wonderfully healthy and highly resistant to bacterial infections and other illness.My 12" Red Devil and equally large Flowerhorn and Texas Red virtually do head stands when they see the Hiraki bag. My only complaint is the amount of filler including wheat. The first three ingredients of any fish food should without question be animal based protein. To it's credit it's free of Ethoxyquin which is often listed as a preservative but is in fact a pesticide. Which if you read the studies is especially lethal to fish - even in trace amounts. A good article can be found on Wiki-pedia which links to one of the above mentioned studies.

Oscar goes crazy for this stuff. He even recognizes the bag and it’s the funniest and cutest thing. He also stuffs a bunch in his mouth at one time 😁

My 125 gal tank is full of some nasty spoiled rotten 7in cichlids who only seem to like Hikari brand mini bites. They are super picky. But always turning into a shark when it comes time to eat

I bought the Mini for my new baby Oscar when I bought him at the pet store and he loved them. He's grown more than twice his purchase size of 2 1/2" in the month that I've had him. I ordered the next size larger in order for him to not have to eat so much at one time. His color is nice and he's happy! The first picture was the night I brought him home on 7/18/19. The second picture was during the day on 8/19/19.