New Life Spectrum Float Regular120g

Description

New Life Spectrum Float Regular120g — Floating 1 to 1.5 mm pellets that give surface feeders a flake alternative

Hatchetfish, gouramis, killifish and many livebearers feed at the surface and let a sinking pellet pass them by. New Life Spectrum Float Regular120g (SKU: 102330) is the 120 g jar of New Life Spectrum’s FLOAT line of positively buoyant pellets, in the regular 1 to 1.5 mm size, made in the USA by New Life International. New Life Spectrum describes the regular FLOAT pellet as a substitute for flakes that keeps the nutrient density and water stability of a pellet, and states that a majority of the pellets stay at the surface for the duration of a feeding cycle. Like the rest of the range it is built on the Spectrum Nutrition Formula, a hormone-free, colour-enhancing recipe with krill and fish meal as easily digestible protein, intended as a balanced daily diet for freshwater and marine fish.

A floating pellet does two jobs a flake cannot: it holds its shape on the surface instead of fragmenting into the water column, and it lets the keeper see exactly how much has been eaten before adding more. The maker’s direction for FLOAT is to feed twice daily, an amount the fish consume within one to two minutes, and anything still circling after that is too much. The 1 to 1.5 mm regular size suits small and medium surface feeders; FLOAT is also made in medium 2 to 2.5 mm, large 3 to 3.5 mm and jumbo 7.5 to 8 mm pellets, so a community of mixed sizes can be fed the same formula at the surface. A 120 g jar goes a long way in a typical community tank, since a pellet is denser than the equivalent pinch of flake and far less of it ends up as debris in the filter.

Usage & Application

When to Use

• Surface-feeding fish: Gouramis, hatchetfish, killifish, bettas and livebearers that feed at the top.
• Replacing flakes: A tank moved from flake to a water-stable pellet with less debris.
• Portion control: Floating pellets that show how much is left before more goes in.
• Marine surface feeders: Saltwater fish that take food at the surface, in the same formula.

Feeding Guide

• Twice daily: Only what is eaten within one to two minutes, per the maker.
• Scatter across the surface: Spread the pellets so timid fish get to feed too.
• Net the stragglers: Skim out pellets left floating at the end of the feed.
• Match pellet to mouth: Move larger fish up to the medium or large FLOAT pellet.

Product Specifications & Highlights

Key Features

• Positively buoyant: Most pellets stay up for the whole feeding cycle.
• Flake substitute: Pellet nutrient density and water stability at the surface.
• 1 to 1.5 mm regular pellet: For small and medium surface feeders.
• Krill and fish meal protein: Easily digestible marine protein with no hormones.
• Freshwater and marine: A daily diet for either water type.

Product Details

• Brand: New Life Spectrum (USA)
• SKU: 102330
• Barcode (GTIN/UPC): 817987024048
• Product Type: Food > Floating Pellets (Surface Feeders)
• Net Weight: 120 g
• Pellet: Regular, 1–1.5 mm, floating (positively buoyant)
• Protein Sources: Krill and fish meal, according to the maker
• Additives: Hormone-free formula
• Feeding: Twice daily, eaten within 1–2 minutes
• Range Pellet Sizes: Regular 1–1.5 mm (this jar), medium 2–2.5 mm, large 3–3.5 mm, jumbo 7.5–8 mm
• Ideal For: Surface-feeding freshwater and marine fish, and tanks moving off flakes
• Target Environment: Freshwater and marine aquariums