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Product Description
Why Customers Choose Hikari
RESEARCH
We feel it's our duty to constantly investigate the natural ecology of fish to make the best food for them. Our exploration to Irian Jaya, Lake Malawi in Africa, Guiana highland, the Indian Ocean, the jungle of Southeast Asia and the Holy River Ayeyawady and others, offer us many secrets to fish health, coloration, breeding requirements, water conditions and quality.
SPECIES SPECIFIC DIETS
Hikari offers a wide variety of diets for different species of fish, each offering unique characteristics which enable it to be readily accepted by the specific fish it was developed for, which is where Species Specific originated. This attention to detail allows you to be confident your choice will be quickly devoured by even the most finicky eaters.
TECHNOLOGY
Our first hand experience breeding and raising fish, and the scientific data we can collect during this process, give us a clear road map for future product improvements and enhancements. Hikari uses actual experience and physical practice instead of marketing schemes or unproven theory to develop our premium aquatic diets!
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Rick Brown
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025
Excellent
Client d'
Reviewed in France on February 13, 2025
Les meilleurs pellets pour mon axolotl. Il les adore, ils sont bien adaptés et évitent les perforations intestinales.
Jose Pohl
Reviewed in Canada on January 27, 2025
This is an excellent food. You will see better color in your fish and improved growth rates. The food does not disturb the water quality. The fish will readily accept this food. I highly recommend this food for your fish.
nfro
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2024
My corydoras love these pellets. I crush them up a bit first, so that they spread out in the water, and the multiple corys dont have to compete for 1 or two pellets at feeding time. My other fish and inverts like them too! (Gouramis, tetras, guppies, angelfish, betta, shrimp, snails.)I will also mix crushed pellets with brine shrimp that floats and flakes for a balanced feeding for the top, middle, and bottom feeders.
C.M
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2024
I have 4 African dwarf Congo frogs, so these pellets are too big for them to eat whole, but they seem to enjoy them. I love that they hold their shape even when I mush it into smaller pieces to feed to them; it even resembles a worm when I am feeding them using tongs. My shrimp and guppies love eating this stuff too.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2024
Excellent product. My 18 year old Silver Dollars love these small pellets; they’ve been eating them for years!! Also “Ken’s Fish”, the seller, shipped them immediately (Dec 20 date ordered) and I received them today Dec 23. Great job!!!
Mike
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024
when he’s not getting worms these are perfect for him, he goes straight to his food bowl and chows them down
AC
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024
I feed this to all my tanks. Fish love it. You cant overfeed cause it will smell your tank. High protein content.My goldfish is 7 and eats a lot of this. Keeps my fish healthy. Love it. I buy the larger pack they have. It’s very expensive.
Cathy D.
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2024
My piranhas love it
Shalom
Reviewed in France on December 27, 2021
Tout simplement la meilleure nourriture pour axolotls : ils adorent !Les pellets se dissolvent doucement dans la journée donc on peut soit les enlever à la pince soit en aspirer la "purée" lors du nettoyage hebdomadaire de l'aquarium.Le gros avantage de cette marque c'est que ces pellets se cassent facilement (si on a besoin de nourrir des juvéniles) et qu'on peut même les effriter pour nourrir les poissons ou crevettes.J'ai acheté 2kg et en un an je n'ai pas encore fini le stock. Je pense qu'1kg permet de couvrir plus de 6 mois pour nourrir 3 axolotls adultes à raison de deux petites sessions de nourrissage par semaine (sauf congés)
Victoria F.
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2020
A few months ago I got a young West African Lungfish (we named him Cthulhu!). Some of you might remember learning about lungfish in a highschool or college biology class, they are a really unusual type of critter that educators may refer to when they are teaching about evolution. This is because they are still very similar to their fossilized ancestors, and they (and a couple of other species of lungfish) are the only group left that represents the body plan of what early amphibians might have started out as.Since lungfish are such an uncommon housepet, there isn't an abundance of information about taking care of them in captivity, and even discriptions of their diets are vague. When Cthulhu first arrived he barely ate anything we offered him for weeks, and showed few signs of growth. When we tried these though, he gobbled them up immediately with no hesitation! (Even our pleco really loves them since most species of pleco are actually at least partially carnivorous!) Since then he's gained better coloration, been more lively, and quickly grown another 4 inches in length (they grow up to 3 feet long)! Now my only problem is keeping it stocked to keep up with his appetite lololI'll try to add a video of him munching away at some point!*Note: Several reviews mention it having a smell and while the pellets are pretty pungent, if you only feed them as much as they can eat and keep the bag sealed you won't have a problem. Bad smells come from extra food that gets left in the bottom of the tank (you should never leave extra food of any kind, but especially not this kind).
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Reviewed in India on August 23, 2019
my bottom feeder really like . good for ret tail cat fish . it will helps in fast growth.
Nashville Farrell
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2011
The Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellet is a decent quality pellet for medium carnivores. I appreciate that the pellets don't quickly dissolve in water and it seems my fish really like munching on them. I use them to feed my 3 woodcats (which will eat just about anything) and my vampire pleco (which has been a fairly finicky eater) but all my fish enjoy them.No real downside to the Hikari Sinking pellets (maybe they could have a slightly higher protein content) overall they are a high quality food that my fish really respond to. The packaging leaves a little to be desired; I would prefer a solid container as opposed to the bag but that doesn't really influence the food quality, so it is just a minor inconvenience.
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