Let the Fish Food Trial Begin!

[Savage_roo]

I thought this was all about testing fish food not whats in it?
And r we testing food for Joe Blow or for people in the know?
And if you added the food to cover whats in it you will end up with a mess
And a poluted tank (and I know their hooked to a sump)
Sorry if I'm stepping on any ones toes :twisted:
Andrew

[mickvick]

I think this is going a bit too far, I dont think Andrew is intending on publishing his article in New Scientist!!! If he was, im sure he'd address sample size first!!!

Essentially he's looking which product provides the best value for money. Value for money is necessarily linked to volume, price and the results you get for that volume and price.

I would imagine the results will be something like feeding x grams per day of xyz provided an average growth of x mm. The fishes colour using this product was poor/great etc.

This is no different to Wheels testing the Falcon against the Commodore. Sure the Holden may have more power and be more expensive, but it doesn't mean that it will be the best value for money.

Michael

[gc]

its only the difference between about 2g and 2.2g of food each feeding and it would have a very positive effect on the results. Oh well, I may have to do my own tests...

Exactly, if we where trying to make a new brand of fish food, using different ingredients then fine, But this was meant to just be a comparison of foods.

but gc if you are keen to get really into it and do an in depth test, we would all back you, I think the work envolved in tracking it though would be huge.

but seeing some of the crap artwork the government sponsers, you could probably get a grant to do it  :lol:

[braddo]

Agreeing with Grum here Andrew has offered his tanks his fish so he is doing the way he wants I personally think the results will be interesting and am looking on with  eagerness to see what happens.
We are only testing product against product not ingredients against ingredients.
We all know these products and we all think the one we use is best so this should shut a few mouths and open others.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN.

[Paul]

yee-ha!!   email me for the form guide. the hot tip from my source is that go-pet is good in wet conditions!!!

[littlefish]

[size=18:01c9f9d237]HBH ALL THE WAY[/size:01c9f9d237] [size=12:01c9f9d237][/size:01c9f9d237]sorry i thought i was at work    :lol:  :lol:  :roll:

[dammwoman]

I'm thinking people may get a big surprise and find the cheapie GO PET comes in better than expected.
Look forward to the results.
Cheers Linda

[cosmotiger1]

GC....i think i have the perfect solution for this..


Get three tanks at YOUR house put them on a sump and then measure out calouries and conduct the experiment yourself  :roll:  :roll:

[trofius]

Cool idea

 it will be interesting to see which food works best, i am cheering for the NLS stuff myself, i have seen marked improvements in colour and growth/breeding regularity  in my fish in just 2  months.

BUT the one thing that will definately need to be taken into account will be the sex of the fish..

I would measure  all the fish first , and also when done and work out growth as a percentage of length  gained, i think weight might not take into account the fact that the fish got FAt from eating crappy food and not being able to get much exercise in a tiny tank...


HAve fun Andrew!

[zoezealand]

any chance of an update?
 :P  :P  :P  :P

[fishtraderlau]

Sure thing...I have been looking at the little critters while feeding them each night and there are already some noticable differences....

Without naming names...you should be able to tell foods from the descriptions.

I fear to say but #1 is not doing as well as some hoped. It's stiffer "cardboard-like" structure makes it harder for the little fellows to enjoy, even when crushed between fingers, and it doesn't soften a well as the other stuff either- not readily taken although being the only choice the fish have been coming around to it so expect to see better results as they actually eat a little more of it than leave it on the bottom.

#2 is going great guns, small granules of food and they lavish it up- a good 3mm over #1 at this stage and showing colour as well.

#3- tough call here vs #2, this flake is good stuff, friable for the little fellas and definatle more accepted than #1. Growth-rates on par with #2 and no real noticable differences at this stage.

#4- good stuff here too- another good flake with some part of a plant root in it, said to make it better and at least i reckon ward off the vampires but it seems to be working, little fellas on par with #2 and #3.

Photos will be up shortly team- i just need to get back down to the shed with the camera one night this week.

Cheers,

Andrew.

[mickvick]

haha I like the not so cryptic clues there Andrew :D

Michael

[braddo]

Look forward to more results and interest is growing. Good stuff Andrew.

[cosmotiger1]

great work mate.
im looking forward to future reports.

one has to wonder how gc's test is going.