Hikari Fancy Guppy Pellets-22g

• Semi-floating pellet – stays in the water column rather than sinking straight to the substrate, giving guppies time to find it.
• Softens without dissolving – becomes sponge-like in water instead of falling apart and clouding the tank.
• High protein, high fat – min. 50% protein and min. 8% fat, aimed at breeding condition and growth.
• Colour and immune support – astaxanthin and garlic are named in the ingredient declaration.
• Won't cloud water when fed as directed – Hikari's own claim, provided uneaten food is removed.

Transcribed exactly from the manufacturer's declared ingredient list, in the order Hikari publishes it:

Fish meal, wheat flour, soybean meal, krill meal, brewers dried yeast, fish oil, dried seaweed meal, hydrolyzed vegetable sucrose polyesters, soybean oil, DL-methionine, astaxanthin, garlic, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilised vitamin C), inositol, D-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, niacin, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, ferrous sulphate, magnesium sulphate, zinc sulphate, manganese sulphate, copper sulphate, calcium iodate.

No artificial colours, ethoxyquin or BHA/BHT preservatives appear in Hikari's published ingredient declaration for this product.

Feed two to three times a day, offering only what your fish will fully consume within about a minute. Remove any pellets left uneaten rather than letting them break down in the tank. This is a diet, not a medicated treatment, so it carries no copper and is fine to feed in mixed community tanks that include invertebrates.

Suitable for: all types of guppies, other livebearers such as mollies and platies, and other small tropical fish able to take a fine pellet.

Not suitable for: fry too small to take a pellet – use a powdered starter food such as Hikari First Bites until fry are large enough to graduate onto pellets.

Store the pouch sealed in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight. Reseal firmly after each use to keep moisture out, and stop feeding from a batch if it develops an off smell or visible mould.

• Seachem Prime – a water conditioner worth dosing at every water change in a guppy breeding tank.
• API Stress Coat – supports slime coat recovery after netting fish for grading or breeding tanks.
• API Freshwater Master Test Kit – keeps an eye on ammonia in a heavily-stocked guppy tank.

Covered by the consumer guarantees under Australian Consumer Law in addition to any manufacturer undertakings. Ships as a standard, ambient-stable grocery item.

Will this cloud my water?

Hikari states it won't, provided it's fed as directed and any uneaten pellets are removed rather than left to break down.

Can I feed this to fry?

Not straight away – the pellet is sized for adult and juvenile guppies. Very young fry need a powdered starter food like Hikari First Bites until they can manage a pellet.

Does it float or sink?

Neither exactly – it's semi-floating, staying in the water column and slowly sinking rather than dropping straight to the substrate.

Is it reef or invertebrate safe?

It's a freshwater livebearer diet rather than a reef product, but it carries no copper or medicated additives, so it's fine alongside freshwater shrimp and snails.