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Originally Posted by TimT 
I have found that wild fish will immediately recognize this as a food source.
Corals also have the same reaction to Pacfica Plankton as wild fish do. Everything from Acans to Dendro's to Fungia to Trachyphyllia will immediately extend their polyps in a feeding response.
I feel that the nutritional profile of Pacifica Plankton is superior to mysis as it is a marine source. As well it does not expend it's energy reserves swimming 500 feet from the bottom of the lake to near the surface to feed and get caught.
Cheers,
Tim
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I think Tim's answer was correct to this as well. If you are only going to highlight partial responses. His full quote stated the following.
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I have used PE Mysis and Pacifica Plankton and they are both high quality feeds. Your fish will only do better by your feeding them these foods. I feel that the nutritional profile of Pacifica Plankton is superior to mysis as it is a marine source. As well it does not expend it's energy reserves swimming 500 feet from the bottom of the lake to near the surface to feed and get caught.
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So I will restate that this is strictly an opinion forum from fellow members. So whether you use Hikari, or PE Mysis or Pacifica Plankton or pellets or Hot Dogs....whatever you find works best...
use them! My Copperband will hardly touch plankton but gobbles down bloodworms{doesn't matter what brand} I am always open to try new types of food and watch how my fish react to them, if I find something they like I will reuse it, if they don't like it it's kept as a memory and I won't use it again. Am I a die hard ingredient reader??? Most of the time-yes, however without beating a dead horse here, I think that most of the higher end food you can get from your lfs or supplier is usually fairly decent. How your fish take to it is another story. I have had fish that won't touch certain foods and later had the same type of fish gobble them up. So nobody can tell me that for the most part a certain type of marine fish will only eat one type of food as there always seems to be an exception to the rule. Just look at some of the carnivorous fish that go at Nori. Again this is a forum where it is each members opinion of what they think is the best fish food. If you have a loyalty to what works best for you then great, but what works best for one doesn't always work for another, so whether one foods ingredients seem higher and better in writing, if your fish doesn't like it....
it's a waste of money. As with human beings, while some might like the Keg for steak others are happy with a sirloin burger from A+W, fish have their favorite foods as well, so Vive la Difference.
