Hikari Tropical Food Sticks 250g
$22.79
Price: $22.79
(as of Apr 05, 2025 01:10:18 UTC – Details)
Product Description
About Hikari
Hikari, the “originator” of Species Specific and premium aquatics diets has been copied by many, but our loyal customers know they can always depend on our products to offer their aquatic pets the finest in scientifically balanced nutrition. For almost 140 years we’ve spent considerable time exploring natural habitats of fish, breeding fish in our own facilities, producing diets in our own factories, processing every shipment through our own facilities and researching the impact our diets have over time. These unique insights into the nutritional needs of fish give a competitive advantage no other fish food maker can duplicate and allow us to produce species specific diets that will not only maintain your aquatic pets’ health, but assist you in keeping your aquarium or pond in top form.
We make the health and longevity of the fish and the aquatic environment they live in our first priority. Focusing on bringing about success to the hobbyist through exacting nutrition has allowed us to develop a brand name synonymous with superior quality. Consider using Hikari, because you love your aquatic pets as much as they love you!
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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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 1.97 x 5.91 x 1.97 inches; 8.82 ounces
Item model number : 042055217293
Department : unisex-adult
Date First Available : August 18, 2004
Manufacturer : HSUSAI/Hikari Fish Food
ASIN : B00025Z6JI
Higher levels of carotenoids promote brilliant colors
Perfectly balanced to offer a daily diet most top-feeding carnivores love
Free of unwanted parasites and bacteria which are common with live foods
Stabilized vitamin C to support immune system health
Flavorful and easily digested nutrient mix
Customers say
Customers find this fish food to be protein-rich and suitable for picky eaters, with excellent quality and good value for money. The food floats for a long time and comes in a big bag, making it easy for fish to spot. They appreciate that it doesn’t cloud the water, and one customer mentions it simplifies feeding.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Sara Akrami –
Buy it for your arowana
Daily diet for my arowana
Kaitlin –
Picky Fish Approved! Give it time.
My flowerhorn Gino did not originally like these. He would only eat bloodworms and live mealworms for about a month after I first purchased him. I have tried many different types of pellets. Itâs been 3 months, I stopped the bloodworms all together (not a nutritious diet for him to be on long term) and I offered these sticks once in a while along with Cichlid Bug Bites, freeze dried brine shrimp, dried mealworms, and frozen shrimp. He just recently started to pick these sticks out over all the other food types. And now heâs obsessed! They are super easy to clean up, stay afloat, and are big enough for him to spot. They do not cause the water to get cloudy and the amount you get is quite a bit. Especially if you only have one medium-large size cichlid. Read the directions and offer these once every day. One day I skipped his morning feeding so he devoured these at his afternoon feeding. Since then he has loved them! 10/10 recommend!
Artos Rex –
Turtle and cichlids love it
My yellow belly slider gets this as a treat and itâs a staple for my African and SA cichlids.
William daggett –
Awsome
It’s my Oscar’s favorite food. He is happy again lol
nick i. –
They love it
They love it
kbat –
Got a Picky Baby Arowana to Eat
We recently added a baby black Arowana to the fish room and I had a devil of a time getting the little guy to eat. Black Arowanas are not cheap and when very small they need to eat quite frequently. I tried bloodworms, which is what the shop had been feeding him. No luck. I tried krill, plankton and even smacked houseflies. No dice. He has tank mates–clown loaches and a sailfin plecostemus–so I didn’t want to get him into eating live fish. It looked like we might lose him if something didn’t give.I wasn’t entirely impressed with the ingredient list for Hikari Tropical Food Sticks, which is why I docked a star. There are a lot of starches and fillers like wheat, corn, soy, rice and potato that these fish would never eat in the wild, along with artificial red dye.But I’ll be darned if it didn’t get the little booger eating. He attacked his very first stick with a vengeance. While he seemed to enjoy the “fight” I will now break the sticks in half until he’s bigger to make swallowing easier. If he keeps that up, soon enough he’ll be eating whole sticks and then the Jumbo size in no time.I do like that these sticks readily soften up in the water for easy eating and that the shape seems to draw his attention. He eats them with relish. This stuff might very well have saved him from starvation.Fillers or no, I’ve got to hand it to Hikari for making a food that is palatable and appealing even to a very persnickety baby Arowana.
volchica –
Good food for carnivores cichlid
This is the everyday food for my trimac. He will refuse a lot of things, but goes crazy for this. I have a lot of South American cichlids in other tanks. Some of them like the food sticks as well, but most eat the cichlid gold pellets or cichlid bug bites.
whodakine –
Shipping is very fast.
My arowana loves this stuff ,and the shipping is very fast.. I would buy it again.
Ryan p –
My arowana loves this stuff.
Mortier en granit et bambou –
Meilleur granulés pour mes peacock Bass ð¤©ð¤©
Amazon Customer –
My fishes like the food. Will update development of fishes afterwards but quality wise itâs good must buy product. Little expensive I purchased at 1700 â¹ which is expensive compared to other options available..!But hobbyists must buy for fish..!
Kelly carmichael –
These are amazing and all my fish love these I buy these all the times I buy at least 5 bags a month
Jessie Gates –
Good product and good value for money