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Hikari First Bites

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Hikari First Bites

Hikari
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156 Reviews
|Answered Questions

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Description

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Provides complete and balanced nutrition during the developmental stage of your fry's life. Helps your newborns develop excellent body form, superior disease resistance, and proper organ development. For livebearers and egglayers.

  • - Provides complete and balanced nutrition during the developmental stage of your fry's life
  • - Helps your newborns develop excellent body form, superior disease resistance, and proper organ development
  • - For livebearers and egglayers

Specifications

SKU887536
Primary FlavorFish Meal
Primary BrandHikari
Days to ShipShips Next Business Day
Weight.35 OZ

Additional Features

Grain FreeNo
Personalized Item flagNo
Primary FlavorFish Meal

Ingredients

Fish meal, wheat flour, krill meal, soybean meal, brewers dried yeast, spirulina, dried seaweed meal, rice bran, astaxanthin, garlic, DL-methionine, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), inositol, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, niacin, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, silicon dioxide, monosodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, salt, ferrous sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude protein (min.) 48%, crude fat (min.) 3%, crude fiber (max.) 1%, moisture (max.) 10%, crude ash (max.) 15%, phosphorus (min.) 1.3%.

Feeding For optimum results, feed daily as often as possible, the amount your fish will consume within two to three minutes. For mid-water and bottom feeders allow Hikari First Bites to soak in a cup of aquarium water before feeding. This will cause the food to sink more rapidly allowing these fry better access. Livebearers (ovoviviparous) can consume Hikari First Bites right after birth. Egg layers (oviparous) utilize their yolk sack for nutrition right after birth. Start feeding Hikari First Bites right before the yolk sack is fully consumed. Care should be taken to avoid over-feeding. Excess food can cause water quality problems which may result in heightened stress or serious illness.

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4.7
115 out of 156 (74%) reviewers recommend this product

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Excellent product

Horselady4

13 years ago

My first batch of 37 babies, did not receive this food, only 3 survived. On my s...

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Good product

Xiphophorus

10 years ago

I am new to fish keeping. I have some Platy fry that I fed First Bites to. They ...

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Big help for new fry!!

Snows22

7 months ago
So i purchased some pink cichlids and unbeknown to me they had babies. Of course I didn't know how to take care of them. After reading on the internet they recommended this food. They are all thriving. It is really neat to see all the babies...thanks!

Yes, I recommend this product.

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Excellent food

Kaya86

7 months ago
I have been using this food for years babies love it and it is small enough for them to eat until they can eat the larger food. I always keep on hand!

Yes, I recommend this product.

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A must have!

Tammy Price

2 years ago
The babies love it and it is small enough for them to eat until they can eat the larger food. I always keep on hand!

Yes, I recommend this product.

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Great product

Koikeeper

3 years ago
I started raising koi and had no idea what to feed them. I started off with cooked egg yolk which I had seen on line.It made the water cloudy and was a mess. I went to Petco and found First Bite. It is a fine powder which is small enough for the baby fry and they love it!

Yes, I recommend this product.

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Mal servicio tienda de Guaynabo

Hommy

3 years ago
Aparece en la tienda wep disponible en tienda, cuando la compro y paso a recogerla, NO LA TIENEN DISPONIBLE. PIERDO EL VIAJE Y APARTE EN VES DE DEVOLVER EL DINERO A PAYPAL, RAPIDO UNA GIFT CART. TENGO YA UNA COLECCION DE TARJETAS, QUE TOTAL TERMINAN PERDIENDOSE, TAN FACIL QUE ES DEVOLVER EL DINERO A LA TERJETA.

No, I do not recommend this product.

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Great food for tiny fish and shrimp

Shrimpy

3 years ago
I've gone through a bag and a half of this for my nano tank containing chili rasboras and neocaridina shrimp. The rasboras are too tiny to eat anything other than this and fine ground flake, and they inhale the first bites. My neocaridina shrimp go crazy as well! I've even seen them fighting the fish for food.

Yes, I recommend this product.

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Baby cory catfish great quality food

JeffGordonWasGreat24

3 years ago
Got this fpr my baby cory catfish, they loved this and grew quickly.

No, I do not recommend this product.

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Great for pico fish AND BABIES

Ceo_ReefFresh

3 years ago
Great for a baby fish I had trouble feeding my little baby Gertrude’s Spotted Blue Eye Rainbowfish, they were so tiny I was having trouble breaking up the food so I decided to go with these from reading the reviews online and seeing how small they were and honestly I will never go back and even my bigger fish love them it’s like a frenzy in the tank once fed.

Yes, I recommend this product.

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3 years ago

How long is the First Bites good for; like a best by date?

  1. 3 years ago
    Best by date is printed on the package, like with groceries. If I recall, it's good for at least 2 years.



3 years ago

Does the package tell you how much to feed? If not how much should I feed my betta fry?

  1. 3 years ago
    Yes and no, It gives the cookie cutter answer. In my opinion is the best answer. Start off with the smallest amount you can possibly do and time how long it takes for them to eat it. if it is less than 2 minutes, then give them a little more. The amount you want to give them is what they can eat with in 2 -3 minutes or when they stop eating. If they start spitting the food out, then they are also full. The less that settles to the bottom the better. As they grow you can shift to using fish flake food that you grind with your fingers until they can eat regular sized food(When color becomes apparent, usually)



3 years ago

Can I feed this to 1 day old betta fry and if so how long should I feed them with this? Also once they are done with this food what should I feed the fry?

  1. 3 years ago
    Yes you can, You can feed then till they're big enough to eat regular fish food



4 years ago

can this be used for neon tetra fry instead of using baby brine shrimp?

  1. 4 years ago
    Yes you can feed this to any  fish fry that doesn’t have the egg yolk sag still attached. Live bearers can eat right away



4 years ago

Can this be used for young cichlids? Not fry. My cichlids seem to only be able to eat flake food due to mouths being small. I don't want to use flake food because it gets the tank so dirty. Is there another option?

  1. 4 years ago
    You could use First Bites but we suggest our baby pellet, which any size cichlid should be able to eat. Remember, they have the ability to crush the pellets once taken in.



4 years ago

Can this be used for baby bettas?

  1. 4 years ago
    I would imagine almost all freshwater baby fish. It's a powder so even the smallest baby fish can eat it.



4 years ago

Can I feed this product to boesemani Rainbow fish fry that just hatched less then a day ago?

  1. 4 years ago
    Yes that’s exactly what this product is made for. It floats and because those particular fry stay near the surface it will be easy for them to eat and small enough for them to digest 



4 years ago

Can I feed my African dwarf frogs this? I’m trying to find food to feed them 

  1. 4 years ago
    No its for fish fry it's to small for the frogs it's more granular. Try live or frozen bloodworms beefheart to feed them that will work better.



5 years ago

How long do I feed my angelfish fry with this? They are four weeks old and still giving them the Hikari first bites newborn food. Im wondering if they should be getting a next level food? I still have baby brine shrimp but never got to use them.

  1. 5 years ago
    I feed my guppy fry until they are big enough to go into the regular fish tank and not be eaten.



5 years ago

Can this be used for raising brine shrimp

  1. 5 years ago
    I personally have not tried this but the granules May be too big for the newly hatched brine. I would recommend golden pearls 5-50 micron instead. It would work for juvenile or adult brine shrimp



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