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I do usually post my opinion and move on and if you look at more threads recently you should see that, BUT those are not the posts or threads that people notice. I will clarify things when others...

Priming just starts a siphon, you don't have to manually pump water in the whole time to fill the canister.

You also may need to pump it a little after you plug it in to help get the last few...

I recommend what I think will be best for someone. IME that is NLS. I don't think naming off a bunch of brands I wouldn't recommend would do any good since that would definitely create an argument...

I only feed and recommend New Life Spectrum. IME it is by far the best stuff on the market right now and the fish do best when it is the only thing fed. This is what I feed and they do not even need...

Nice. You may want to check out the article on the perfect aquarium in the link in my thread, it goes in to the stand a lot. One thing I like to do is have multiple power strips. One main one and one...

Now that there is water in the tunes you should not need to fill the canister itself each time. Since there was no water anywhere this first time the primer had nothing to create a suction with. Next...

I only use and recommend Estes Marine Sand, also known as Stoney River and Ultra Reef. It is very uniform, the perfect size, has color options, requires no cleaning, and never needs maintenance. It...

I never once said it was "the only food on the market that fish thrive on, do well on and all those that do not get fed NLS are under-nourished". My whole point this entire thread is that one person...

They do have powders. They have a fry food that is a micro pellet/powder as well as a coral food.

You have not truly PROVEN that though. You showed in your experience that it wasn't better, there is a huge difference. That is the issue. All you really proved is that there are cases where NLS is...

Sounds like Mazuri's gel foods. I have also seen homemade gel food recipes. IME these are not necessary except in some extremely severe cases with fancy goldfish where absolutely no air can be...

No, I am not presenting it as an undeniable fact that it is better. I recommend that others try it based on my experience with it. You presented a 'fact' that it is no better than Hikari, just more...

Yes, the results speak for themselves. Exactly why everyone who feeds NLS exclusively does exactly that.

Again, my whole point isn't anti-other foods. It is that anyone speaking from experience...

What type of nutrient is variety?

I am speaking from an opinion based on years of experience (not just based on the store, which does include many displays so not just a bunch of fish sold in two weeks). You are speaking from an...

Have you tried NLS? No iffy inconsistency that I have seen. The only variation is the exact color which can vary based on the animals collected for the food (like how red a certain batch of krill...

Again, six months with parrot cichlids = FACT that it is not any better?

Or: years and years of experience with all types of fish seeing example after example that it is so far above and beyond...

I used Hikari extensively before switching to NLS. I used it on almost every type of fish in the hobby, the same goes for NLS. I have never seen Hikari taken by a mandarin. I have never seen a spiney...

NLS.

I haven't used Repashy but I would be blown away if it could even match NLS.

And NLS will definitely give better results than Hikari.

1-New Life Spectrum fed exclusively is the best thing for them. Some fancies with really bad buoyancy problems may need peas or other veggies to keep things moving though.

2-Your tank is too small...

I know. If the tank is cycled you don't need to worry about ammonia and nitrite. Unless you are screwing with the pH you don't need to know that. Water quality is the only thing you need to worry...

Koi need ponds that are at least 1,000 gallons. The best thing for the fish is to get it to a proper home.

You can get a TDS meter on eBay for $10-15 shipped. You would still want to test nitrate with a liquid test kit for a while to see how they correlate in your tank, but in general they will correlate...

What did she have in mind? A little cute baby turtle? A 12" adult? Does she really realize how big they get and how much work they can be.

New Life Spectrum exclusively. I would do their Thera+A formula because it has enough garlic to kill some parasites, something that is very useful with discus.