Fishguy2727
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What raw/organic/natural foods are you talking about?
There is not much grain in NLS. The only less than ideal ingredients are only the minimal needed for them to be a pelletized foods. Without any binders you would get a nutritious powder in every jar.
What enzymes are you saying are needed? Fish make their own enzymes, they don't need them supplemented in the diet.
They don't need supplementation with NLS. Mbunas don't need lettuce or zucchini. Piscivores don't need extra frozen or fresh fish. It simply isn't needed. If you haven't read the nutrition article on NLS's I suggest you do. It is long and I do think he takes a little liberty in what he claims on a couple things, but overall it is dead on. You are not feeding an herbivore, piscivore, algivore, etc. You are feeding all the cells of a fish. The nutritional requirements do not vary much at all from one type of fish to the next. The thing that does change is their digestive system and the food it is naturally adapted to. But if the ingredients in a food are easy enough to digest (like they are in NLS) then you don't need to vary what you feed from one type of fish to another.
I do want to point out that NLS's formula doesn't really change from one food to the next. The few differences that there are are as follows: Regular NLS is the same as the goldfish formula, cichlid formula, etc. The Grow formula has extra protein, fat, etc. for growing fish that adults should not get. The Thera+A has enough extra garlic to actually kill some parasites, and even help prevent most health problems in general (along with high water quality).
It is not just people who unquestionably like NLS. Almost everyone who has posted has used a lot of other foods and in the end (at least so far) NLS has proven to be the best. It is not a scientist's claim (I don't know what scientist you are talking about). It is aquarists' experiences that are most valuable to the hobby, and that is exactly what supports NLS as being the best out there at this point.
Keep in mind that it is effectively impossible for us as hobbyists to truly simulate a natural diet. We don't really know what all they eat. We don't know what proportions they get it in, etc. Feeding lettuce to an herbivorous fish is certainly not a natural diet, it is just as unnatural as feeding pellets.
There is not much grain in NLS. The only less than ideal ingredients are only the minimal needed for them to be a pelletized foods. Without any binders you would get a nutritious powder in every jar.
What enzymes are you saying are needed? Fish make their own enzymes, they don't need them supplemented in the diet.
They don't need supplementation with NLS. Mbunas don't need lettuce or zucchini. Piscivores don't need extra frozen or fresh fish. It simply isn't needed. If you haven't read the nutrition article on NLS's I suggest you do. It is long and I do think he takes a little liberty in what he claims on a couple things, but overall it is dead on. You are not feeding an herbivore, piscivore, algivore, etc. You are feeding all the cells of a fish. The nutritional requirements do not vary much at all from one type of fish to the next. The thing that does change is their digestive system and the food it is naturally adapted to. But if the ingredients in a food are easy enough to digest (like they are in NLS) then you don't need to vary what you feed from one type of fish to another.
I do want to point out that NLS's formula doesn't really change from one food to the next. The few differences that there are are as follows: Regular NLS is the same as the goldfish formula, cichlid formula, etc. The Grow formula has extra protein, fat, etc. for growing fish that adults should not get. The Thera+A has enough extra garlic to actually kill some parasites, and even help prevent most health problems in general (along with high water quality).
It is not just people who unquestionably like NLS. Almost everyone who has posted has used a lot of other foods and in the end (at least so far) NLS has proven to be the best. It is not a scientist's claim (I don't know what scientist you are talking about). It is aquarists' experiences that are most valuable to the hobby, and that is exactly what supports NLS as being the best out there at this point.
Keep in mind that it is effectively impossible for us as hobbyists to truly simulate a natural diet. We don't really know what all they eat. We don't know what proportions they get it in, etc. Feeding lettuce to an herbivorous fish is certainly not a natural diet, it is just as unnatural as feeding pellets.
