How to choose a GREAT Fish Food [Live Stream]

[@triggerismynameo]

I feel like this guy puts in more work for the hobby than anyone I know of. Always testing and experimenting and disproving myths. I love it

[@inthego]

ditto

[@nicoletiana]

right????? he goes off of EXPERIENCES and WHAT WORKS and is very knowledgeable and passionate about fishes and fish care 👏🏻

[@mjm7031]

Absolutely! I always learn from his videos!

[@stephenkillen4842]

He's the GOAT!

[@sedghammer]

He's a businessman. Study primary literature.

[@milesruby3271]

Cory, I've just stumbled across you and your team and have been on a huge rabbit hole. I have mad respect for what you, Dean, randy, Robert and of course Jimmy are doing for the hobby, your dedication to the consumer and those who support you is super admirable. Rooting for your continued success, keep doing what you doing!

[@babypunkangel]

11:20 to 14 you talk about food sizes and that WAS one of the only problems I had with my hospital tank (tank in a children's hospital not a medicine tank). The kids have a 180 gallon "nano tank" the biggest fish in there are the only ones that are not nano (under one inch) and that's because those are half a dozen bristlenose pleco. it's impossible to get them out because it's also a planted tank that's in full bloom, I plan on replacing them with two dozen cooleeloches (if that's how you spell it?) when it came to food the kids experimented with over 100 bottles and up of 50 well known name brands (I know because it came out of my pocket in a two year span!) we came up with a fool-proof plan to feed all the fish and still keep a change in food every day. I placed two or three pellets of bottom feeder (plant matter) with a mix of five foods that i know they'll eat. each food along with the pellets is chopped down in a coffee grinder and set in it's own labeled bottle and the kids get to pick which food to use out of those five and watch to chart down what fish eat it and who watched to see if other food was coming. each bottle has it's own chart and the kids that feed "Have to" keep track and chart out what foods, when and how much. since it's a children's hospital, it teaches them the how's and why's of proper labels, food intake and medication schedules.

[@angiebear8727]

That’s wonderful. I was touched reading your comment. Actually brought a tear to my eye. From a stranger on KZbin ty for what you are doing for the fish and more importantly the children. Blessed be

[@johncranfordpersonal4146]

I am so glad I found your channel, so easy to watch and learn!

[@tonyboycurtis]

When it comes to my fishkeeping tricks, tips & some info, Corey is the guy to watch hes a master of 20 years+ at fishkeeping & aquatics... What are we gunna do!? Were gunna put a sponge on it!!! XD

[@dascherofficial]

Someone needs to parody Put a Ring on It with this. 😂

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

I've kinda been on a binge of watching the videos for a couple weeks now. I'm absolutely obsessed with taking in as much information on fish n fish keeping as possible. I currently have 3 tanks 20g 50g n a 55g.

[@DrawerFullofRocks]

Michio, my handsome 8" fancy goldfish LOVES the Repashy and Saki-Hikari Fancy Goldfish Pellets I bought from you. I like that the pellets are small. He was rescued and is getting healthier each week. Yeah! Thank you for this much needed and educational video.

[@joejefferies11]

Just joined and there is a lot of members only content, most seem to be in line w daily dose/ day in the life type stuff, which most og fans fell in love w back in the day. Glad I did it and happy for the additional content.

[@ericwithers2794]

My 6 year old, who watches your videos with me all the time - didn't recognize you at first. Personally, loving the beard. Let it grow!

[@AquariumCoop]

Ha, who is this new guy? booo!

[@laurielamoureux5219]

New to the hobby and you are my favourite KZbinr ! Just real and down to earth. Thank you for this !

[@andrewmartinelli6092]

Hikari sinking goldfish pellets really helped with my goldfish’s mood, digestion, and water clarity compared to some others I’ve used. Would highly recommend.

[@andrewmartinelli6092]

Also with my “algae eater” (bristlenose ) I’ve noticed that my goldfish would most of the time fight the bristlenose for the Algae Wafers... Hikari is wonderful

[@kara2020]

Hello from Ukraine!👋🏼😉 I am fish lover and kipper to!) Love your videos! Good luck 🍀👍🏽

[@meduza93]

Lol halfway through I've noticed the beard. Lookin good! Thank you for another smart and honest stream!

[@lisathewhitewolf]

I've noticed a remarkable increase in my goldfish's vigor after changing my food from New Life Spectrum Goldfish to Saki-Hikari Breeder's Choice. Also, when I had bristlenose pleco babies, their growth increased exponentially on the Bug Bites for Plecos. Unfortunately, the from the more recent bags I bought, the pellets float.

[@Tobias611]

Since I am from a CET timezone I most likely will never be part of the streams (except for the 300k so far), yet I've started membership! Your channel ist simply the best out there!

[@matthewcarpenter8507]

Thank you Cory for the advice I’m going to try smaller pellets for my large cichlids always lots of mess with even medium size pellets

[@capnsmashem1554]

The pickiest fish choose black worms, thus I have started breeding them. Pay once for a culture, keep em happy with some cycled water and tropical fish flakes, profit. When I trim off the non-green dead sections of java moss (When it gets too big and dense for light to travel all the way through, the bottom dies and gets covered with micro-fauna), and add those trimmings to their tank. Also using the same aquarium the black worms are in to propagate tons of hornwort and java moss. I feed the black worms when nitrites are zeroed, and bump up the brightness and length of the day cycle when nitrates register on a test. The only thing I can't get rid of is their poop without a water change, trying to resolve that last piece so I can just auto-farm black-worms... that's the goal. In the meantime I simply check parameters once per week, feed once per 1-2 weeks, harvest and replace water ever 4 weeks or so, basically once nitrates start to be too much for plants to handle. I also just have most of the extreme fish food line to cover all my fish, and tropical flakes, but yeah, variety is key to everything. Btw, I love your content, you feed me so much information, that's one of the best foods, hands down haha

[@maddybritton3265]

Thank you so much for all your hard work and sharing all your knowledge with us!💯💯👏❤️😻

[@johnalbernaz8960]

I just bought six Panda Cory's I wouldn't have bought six if it wasn't from your advice thanks a lot and keep up with that beard it look good

[@Char-ho1rs]

🥰beard

[@craigslade2766]

I use the Vita Chem vitamins on my Discus daily. I soak the cube of dehydrated Australian Black Worms well before I soak it in aquarium water. They love it, and they are very happy, healthy fish.

[@TheZombieDrummer]

I listened to the podcast of this today and wanted to chime in about food affecting the color of fish. I have two blood parrots and two "kirin" cichlids (I'm told they are flowerhorn mixed with blood parrot but who knows). In general both types of fish will color up after eating ANY food at all but I notice that when I feed Repashy Redrum, live earthworms (red wigglers) or mysis shrimp they color up an undeniable amount more. The enhanced coloration starts a min or two after feeding and lasts for an hour or two. I believe all of these foods are high in carotenoids but I assume it is more complicated than simply a matter of high carotenoids considering I only have noticed this phenomena in my hybrid cichlids. Thanks for all the info...you have changed my life, dude.

[@robertmanning481]

Flake food makes the tank dirty. So I just crush the pellets when I need smaller pieces

[@Char-ho1rs]

Thank you Cory You have taught me so much. Love your passion Sending you hugs from Australia 🇦🇺 🙂

[@Eveminer01]

You are amazing...I lhave learned alot and have items...Plants in the cart as you have convinced me that my community tank would benefit from live plants from the plastic they have now....I also have picked some variety for my fish in the food area

[@AquariumCoop]

Awesome, glad you're enjoying what we are doing. Subscribe to keeping getting useful videos from us Robert Mays.

[@Eveminer01]

Just did, Dont want to miss anything new. Thanks again

[@akay282]

Your are awesome man! Your videos make our day, cheers heaps.

[@rhiannonk]

Tried some North Fin for my community tanks because I guess I was convinced I should try something more high brow than bug bites. Sinks too fast and the uniform larger shapes mean that only my loaches and cories really get any. Wish I’d have seen this earlier!

[@theBoybobster]

Hey Cory, I listen to these livestreams when they turn into podcasts on spotify so just know that you do have a podcast following and keep up the good work👌

[@caewalker9276]

I love Hikari. I like slow sinking foods too.

[@saltyfresh9712]

I love watching with the goldfish in the background again 🥰

[@dorkeboye]

I enjoyed this topic. I gave habit of buying many different foods.

[@ferrellscales1155]

Thank you for your expertise in the subject! Love the content and a big fan of the aquarium support group. Such a great group of people you have brought together. Thank you.

[@user-pf5xq3lq8i]

The food they liked best was one of those jelly "vacation block" by tetra you leave in the tank for a week or 2. Very messy to be used regularly, but the fish liked it better than regular flake.

[@baboondeity7731]

I love that you tell us about your business!!!

[@fishdicts3338]

Always love your content and you guys have helped me Grow with my hobby of Fish keeping! Thank you Aquarium Co Op

[@leopaulbravo7016]

I still rely on Sera Brand for my fish food. Great video Cory.

[@markrouse6583]

Love the live streams Cory great job

[@JediSuPhu]

I agree with how fast the Northfin foods sink. Thankfully they're releasing a flake food in the near future and I've been grinding the pellets into smaller bite-sized bits.

[@kurtisstutzman7056]

Never heard of Northfin or New Life Spectrum, but I'm not an internet guy...I have never owned a computer at age 43 and run 2 profitable companies... Hikari and tetra color granules are my go-to's... Also frozen and a lot of baby brine shrimp twice daily...! Thanks for more free education...! Keep it up...!

[@jordanp9317]

There isn't a topic out there that you haven't helped me with through these streams. A better quality mic would really help for folks with headphones. Thanks for everything you do in the community! Take care Corey! And hope buisness is well!

[@Sea-forest]

I’m feeding a variety but I’m usually feeding fluval flakes and bug bites and tetra flakes and brine shrimp in a few days after my order comes in and I’m a subscriber ❤❤❤❤❤

[@MemoryException]

Oh wow, Ryan Reynolds is doing the Aquarium Co-op videos now! ;)

[@AquariumCoop]

Yeah, my acting career has taken a turn for the worse.

[@jwilliamsonrn72]

@@AquariumCoop 🤣😂

[@Maroon9Fifty]

I was going to say the same thing!

[@petesmoes3068]

Good luck on your move. Hope all goes smoothly for such a great company.

[@errk25]

What? I love the warehouse videos! Haha! I work at a plant that runs 24/7/365 yet there are times when we still run into problems because some of our own company and many outside vendors only run Mon- Fri 8-5. It can be very frustrating.

[@localfishguy7809]

Thank you for another wonderful live stream ^_^

[@plushpossum]

I think I'm cutting my Repashy into too large of chunks. I did it the way you showed, but tonight I saw my Plecostomus (10") swimming around trying to swallow it. I can only imagine how my 3" Raphael cats are struggling with it!! But since I feed them at night I never see them actually consume it, and it's always gone by morning. I'm going to chop it up into small chunks and see how that works. My fish LOVE it, though!!!!! BTW.....my employer has Shoes for Crews and I love them!! I got a pair of cowboy boots (the only slip resistant cowboy style boot I've seen!) and they are super comfy and look terrific!!!!!

[@nathanhoveyaquatics]

I know it's an older video but is there any benefit to putting flakes n pellets in the freezer??????

[@PondScumProductions]

I have Northfin Betta Bits for my Betta and it floats well for me...even for my Betta that almost always misses the pellet the first strike...were you talking about Northfin cichlid pellets specifically?

[@catfishcave379]

I may be abnormal, but I feed multiple foods at each feeding. For example: 180g - Omega shrimp pellets for the clown loaches to chase to the bottom (but not before splashing me) Then 1-2mm NLS floating pellets and .5mm NLS pellets or fluval bug bites for everyone else. 60g - Aq Coop food and Bugbites or Sera flake and a few shrimp pellets for S. lucipinnis, Y. sidthimunki and Monty swordtails. 40g - Gold ocellatus get fed a few neighbor children or teenagers each week. Other foods in the mix for above and other tanks are various algae pellets and different flavors of bugbites and frozen food. Haven't tried Rapashy yet.

[@s4medlyn]

negative comments are trolls ignore them we love what you do

[@corzahazard444]

I feed Hikari Micro Pellets one day then Seachem Tropical flakes the next, and also add a Hikari Algae wafer every second day for the Ancistrus to have a munch on, I've got 2 Ancistrus, 6 Black neon tetras, 6 glowlight tetras, 2 Bolivian Rams, and 5 endlers. they all eat everything, they all have a nibble on the wafer as it sinks, and everything loves the other foods, anything that hits the bottom all gets eaten

[@jarrodstevenson2608]

Cory you are a bloody ledgend ! Dont do those lives with idiots asking crappy questions, mate you are so knowledgeable in all these subjects just put out wath you want man ,can tell its draining on you

[@namgnol]

I feed Sera Vipan to all of my fish, along with Hikari algae wafers, Hikari sinking wafers, Hikari Cichlid pellets, Wardley shrimp pellets, Tetra Cory wafers, Nutra Extreme 0.8mm pellets, frozen foods, veggies every now and then. My corydoras have learnt where i put the flakes for the guppies and come up to the corner to try to steal them all.

[@mohammedanas4330]

Sera vipan tropical flakes are great fish food. My Angelfishes, pearl gouramis and dwarf gouramis love it.

[@NocturnalAquarist]

If you're going to Aquashella, I think Sunday was the best day. Saturday was slammed in Dallas, but was still amazing!

[@juliestainer6290]

Jees you see how big that tank is when you stand next to it !! ❤

[@AquaAvery]

Hi...why do you like the hikari bloodworms more than the san fransisco bay bloodworms.. thank you very much

[@jasonsfishcave684]

Will there be more aqua scaping in the 800 ? Looks so barren . Personally I liked the old set up much better, I’ve never been a gold fish fan, but I certainly won’t criticize another fish keeper’s love of any species. Keep up the great job Corey, I learn something new every time I tune in !

[@evelynvelez2255]

What food do Electric blue acara’s like & is good for them as well as not dirty up the tank?

[@DannysAquariums]

Owh yeah! I’m a taco now! 12 months of membership support! 😍

[@corey1400]

All my food is from you guppies go crazy for all the hikari stuff I have! Guppies will eat the Fancy Guppy, Freeze dried bloodworms & they’ll nibble on the bottom feeder & algae wafers! My betta loves the bloodworms and likes the fancy guppy too!

[@ninapoe]

I would love more info on what to feed very small nano fish. I have chili rasboras and they seem to be doing well on hikari first bites. I also feed powdered repashy but I'm worried they'll eat the gelatin and it will make them bloat. Sometimes I feed baby brine but I'm not sure if they are big enough to eat it. They seem to prefer first bites the most.

[@kamenidriss]

Thank you for these advice!

[@Zodiac.Cincinnati]

Awww look how good you were looking just 2 years ago!

[@Shelzbells]

Love the topic...always a great video Cory, Thank You

[@shesellsfish]

Had to catch the replay, great info as always. 👍💕👍

[@blueberrycupcake2830]

Awesome video 👍🏻

[@williamleidy6713]

Why so many terrestrial grains in aquatic food ?

[@extremepetlover]

Can you guide me which is the best food for red tail giant gaurami baby? Can I go hikkari bio gold?

[@jacobtvobrien9546]

I fell asleep and woke up to this playing

[@tomfasano9082]

In Cory we trust!

[@taRmYgFPS]

Cory rockin the beard again!! I like it!

[@graysonreeves4660]

Why the heck do you have the predator for your icon

[@taRmYgFPS]

@@graysonreeves4660 because The Predator is the best movie series ever. I like your icon though, very nice. Gives a good insight into you're personality.

[@graysonreeves4660]

I know more about the Predator system than you do

[@graysonreeves4660]

2018 Shane Black's the Predator is way better

[@taRmYgFPS]

@@graysonreeves4660 Better than what dude? The 2018 movie is part of the predator series, which if you knew how to read, is what I said was the best in my first reply. Nice try though bro.

[@RoonDawg4]

I always miss the live shows. Where is the schedule located so I can see when the live ones happen exactly.

[@AquariumCoop]

Wednesday’s at 5pm pst

[@jeffreybowers1220]

when i think of aquarium youtubers i always think of this guy first

[@gryllidaeperkcal1369]

Have you tried Ocean Star International fish food? I remember one store that I visited used their food.

[@mshine1217]

Great presentation Cory!

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

I was wondering how good frozen blood warms are for guppies? mixed in with freeze dried shrimp & flake food together?

[@nicksexotics5229]

Great video

[@nikolai09blerged]

would you ever ship your easy green overseas like the uk?

[@AquariumCoop]

We hope to in the future.

[@kc0lex]

IN regards to going 30 days without food at 35:30 . . . .what about Otocinclus? Can they go that long?

[@AquariumCoop]

Many times they do from being wild caught to your aquarium. I’d say sucker mouth catfish like the Otto are an easy candidate for 30 days without food and they will still feed on small amounts of diatom algae in the average aquarium.

[@TurboFish]

Thanks again man. Really appreciate you and the team.

[@claudiafotiou7546]

Loved this video and all the information! In being frank, what really stuck was that you also call your fish Fatty McGee, because...SAME!

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

Best fish food is Ciclid Excel by Hakuri. I soak the pellets to get them semi soft, three or four minutes, then I give each pellet a squeeze so it sinks. Any size fish will eat this stuff.

[@lolz-f6c]

I can’t pay attention to what Cory is saying because I keep getting distracted by the adorable goldfish in the background 🤣

[@adamfrench3282]

Hi mate I got some plattys and trying to get them to breed I was wondering if I could get any tank mates that wouldn't kill the babies

[@suegaudio3377]

What size tank is behind you? Its a beauty!

[@Sea-forest]

Wanting to and ordering some bug buffet from Australia , if anyone has any tips on their experience with this?

[@jpbsc2009]

My fish love Ocean Nutrition pellets and flakes. The green or Formula 2 type. It is for salt water fish, but like I said after tasting it they really want it alone. What do you think of that food? It has a very strong smell.

[@elizabethwagner2190]

Can anyone tell me where the retail store is located? City/state?

[@tinacuppernell9566]

I love the long live stream videos for watching later. I hope you get credit for me doing that.

[@AquariumCoop]

definitely, any time you spent watching gives us credit ;)

[@diegosandovalmiamifl8445]

Thanks for all your videos. Question my tap water has almost .50 ppm amonia chloramine, my tank is reducing but not all of it. And prime works for like 24 hrs. RO water is not an option for me. I was trying to set up a cichlid tank but watching your video of amonia and ph, would be worst for higher ph fish like cichlids? My current tank is plantes tank some fish died (3) and i was doing alot of water changes but my problem was my tap water. Thanks for your feedback.

[@kiri23234]

Maybe you could set up a container for the tap water with some fast growing floating plants (ceratophyllum demersum would be an example) and aeration and let the water sit in there for maybe a day and test again.

[@colesloan3193]

What brand is the best tropical fish food and what do you feed dwarf rams

[@gabb8890]

Should I do an air pump filter for my planted shrimp tank or get a normal water filter?

[@gregghorner9107]

Sponge filters are perfect, or you can do a small hang on back with a sponge on the prefilter.

[@conniecarmichael9876]

What causes Gold Fish to stay at the bottom of Aquarium ? I have cleaned it all out the hard way . Can you let me know where a person can find what you clean your Aquarium rocks with ? I went to Walmart n they dont have it there . I dont know any places at that a person can buy one at ?

[@gabrielcastillo1622]

Hey Cory have you tried Southern Delight fish food. Would like to hear your thoughts,

[@jacquelinekariuki4055]

Hi Corey, Looks like we have the same amount of goldfish. How often do you feed them? I feed them in the morning and evening when I get home. How much do you feed them? I give them Hikari Brine shrimp, Onega One flakes, Omega goldfish pellets and also the other shrimp. I tried the Rapashy food and it made such a mess. My aquarium was so messy, never again.🤬

[@portiaholliday8741]

My stripped cichlid stays at the bottom. I bought floating cichlid excel and he got NONE of it:-( I'm going to get the sinking kind and try that one.

[@zanebush145]

What is the plant in the tank behind him called

[@mike9090ish]

Great video. On another note, is that the 800g behind you? Did you get rid of all the other fish? (Clown loaches, archers etc etc)

[@amanda67]

I feed my ember tetra flake food can u recommend a food to give them something differant

[@jamesnewman3592]

What's the best food for German blue rams

[@spencerconio3497]

hello cory 👋🏻 i have a question.. my yoyo loach that is overweight and will not lose weight. i do starving days 1-2 times a week and it is still very fat. any ideas how to help it?

[@spencerconio3497]

i have a yoyo loach*