African cichlids of various colors in a fish tank

Feeding your aquatic pets – The basics

Your aquatic pets spend their entire life in an environment you created for them. What you feed them will directly impact this environment and therefore their health. Use these guidelines to find the best

Hikari diets for your pet, and how to effectively and efficiently use them.

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MICRO PELLETS® & FANCY GUPPY®

Recommended for: Guppies, Smaller Tropical Fish (Tetras, Mollies, Platies, etc.) and Fancy Guppy 

Micro Pellets® and Fancy Guppy® are slowly sinking, soft granules full of essential and desirable nutrition. Each granule is covered with a very thin Micro-coating™ that locks the nutrition inside to eliminate the chances of clouding, staining or coloring your aquarium water. These slowly sinking pellets will allow fish at all levels of the aquarium to easily get their fill!

Feed two to three times daily the amount your fish will completely consume within a few minutes.

All kinds of small & medium sized tropical fish in community tank

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MICRO WAFERS®

Another Hikari first! Micro Wafers® are a slowly sinking, easily devoured, miniature (micro) wafer, specifically developed for most community tank inhabitants. Unlike ordinary flake foods, this wafer shaped diet won’t cloud your water or dissipate during feeding. Rich in Spirulina and Astaxanthin, Micro Wafers helps you keep your aquatic pets in tip-top condition!

Feed two to three times daily the amount your fish will completely consume within a few minutes.

Close Up image of the Blue Discus Cichlid

DISCUS Bio-Gold®

The Discus Bio-Gold® granule has been manufactured to reduce the mess caused by a discus’ normal eating routine and formulated with lots of natural flavor attractants to offer maximum acceptance. This diet has been used as an exclusive food for raising and breeding wild caught discus. For best results feed smaller amounts more often instead of two (2) feedings daily.

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Saki-Hikari® Turtle

Saki-Hikari® is synonymous with the world’s highest quality and most efficient ornamental fish foods. Now your aquatic turtles can enjoy the same benefits koi, cichlid and goldfish keepers have come to love! The highly balanced nutrients and inclusion of the Hikari Germ™ support intestinal flora and immune system health.

Never overfeed! Remember, feeding less is always better than feeding too much.

Always control the amount fed so there is no leftover food after the feeding period. If you find leftovers, remove them immediately to avoid water quality problems.
For new environments, please reduce the feeding amount until your filtration system has completely cycled and developed adequate bacteria levels.
More frequent smaller feedings can improve your chances of success and will bring more rapid growth.
If anything unusual happens in your aquatic environment (a sudden water temperature change, unstable water quality or illness) you should stop feeding completely or reduce the amount fed until the condition is corrected or the fish appear to be eating normally.
Tropical fish may resist a new type of food when changing their diet, continued use will ensure acceptance.