20150105 New Era Fish Food Diets

I have previously mentioned meeting the New Era food reps at the convention center. I thought I'd include some photos here for reference. As you can see below, they have a variety of food comes in variety of container sizes for average hobbyists, hardcore hobbyists, retailers, and serious breeders.

Variety of New Era fish diet comes in different sizes for hobbyists, retailers, and breeders

The booth also has a large TV display of video clips of their food being enjoyed here. You can also find an elapse video clip of my fish eating their marine grazer here:

Video Clip of New Era Marine Grazer Being eaten

There is also another clip in "normal" speed Here.

Actual size of the mini marine grazer from New Era

20150102 Fish enjoying new era marine grazer

I thought this time-lapse video really shows how popular this treat is among my fish!

20150101 New Era mini marine grazer

Happy New Year!
Seeing that the new year can mark a new ear of something for someone, I thought it would be fitting to introduce a new food I've been studying after but have not had a chance to try until recently.
I was first told of this food by a very nice and helpful girl working at a Milwaukee's local fish store "Best Fish". At the time I suspected my gold spotted rabbitfish had an appetite for my derasa clam ( I never caught it in the act though, but it was the ONLY suspect at the time). So I expressed my concern to her and see if she has any suggestions. She then recommended this mini grazer for the fish to slowly chew down over time so it will have no time to take after other items. I was given a couple rings of them to try out but did not have the mount to prop them properly. So that was a fail.

I then ran into a nice British gentleman at the Chicago Aquatic experience who was the rep at New Era's booth. He explained the food and the feeding process along with aid of video. So I was then convinced to give it a shot. It's been a few days now in my tanks and I am convinced it's a great food for all algae grazers like tangs and rabbitfish, even angels!
In the video you can see my swallowtail angelfish going after the feeder. Before I introduced the feeder this angel actually was struggling to eat, and I believe the angel finds the idea of a stationary food source very enticing and comforting. I now highly recommend it.
The food however, is not very cheap- a 290 gram can comes with two sucker mounts was sold for $30 USD at the LFS.