Aquaristic.net

Aquaristic.net is widely respected web store for aquarium products. This German company in known for its customer service, low prices and and excellent selection of aquarium goods. They have also wide variety of private label products.

PRODUCT REVIEWS:

Aquaristic.net Gammarus 

This product is sun dried Gammarus pulex (a small European fresh water shrimp). It is one of the favourite foods of mid and top water predators like angelfish, barbs and Fresh water Butterflyfish.

INGREDIENTS:
Gammarus pulex

NUTRITIONAL VALUES:
Crude protein: 48,3%
Crude fat 2,8%
Crude fiber 4,6%
Ash 7,5%
Humidity 1,9%

VARIETIES AND PRICES LEVEL:
Sizes: 130 ml, 275 ml, 1000 ml, 1 kg and 9kg.
Prices: 1-130 €

APPETITE:
Goes very well with carnivorous larger species (not bottom dwellers)

SINKING SPEED:
Very light weight food. Does not sink at all.

The can is labelled with all necessary information.

Due to its relatively large size (1-1,5 cm) Gammarus is not a small fish food.

Freshwater butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) is a water surface predator.
It eats floating food like dried Gammarus.
It can be given flies and grasshoppers too.

Bala Shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus) is omnivorous species.
It has no difficulties in eating Gammarus-sized food or even food tablets in one bite.
This fish has reached a size of 23 cm. Bala Sharks are however very fearful and they tend to jump.

When you need Artemia nauplii constantly it is advisable to buy eggs in bigger cans.

Aquaristic.net Artemia eggs have very high hatching rate, almost 100%.

This Nothobranchius kilomberoensis (Ifakara TAN 95/4) is only 3 days old (TL 5mm)
and have enjoyed Artemia for the first time.

Aquaristic.net Tubifex (freeze dried):
Tubifex worms are sometimes sold frozen and live but more usual form is a dice-like freeze dried worms.

NUTRITIONAL VALUES:
Crude protein: ca. 47%
Crude fat 6%
Crude fiber ca. 4%
Crude Ash ca. 12%
Humidity ca. 6%

VARIETIES AND PRICES LEVEL:
Sizes: 130 ml, 275 ml, 1000 ml, 1 kg and 9kg.
Prices: 2-300 €

APPETITE:
Tubifex-worms are sometimes very difficult in terms of appetite. Usually fish need to be introduced slowly with these. Some fish may not consider this as food at all. It is recommended to buy a small can first to try these.

SINKING SPEED:
Very light weight food. Does not sink at all as a whole cube, but when worms are separated sinks slowly.

Aquaristic.net freeze dried foods (here Tubifex cubes 130ml) are always very carefully packed.

A group of Nothobranchius eggersi (Red Rufiji river Camp TAN 95-07) females are gathering on the surface for eating Aquaristic.net tubifex worms.

A group of Nothobranchius hassoni enjoy tubifex cubes.

Aquaristic.net freeze dried Red Bloodworms are sold in following packages: 130ml, 275ml, 1000ml, 500g and 5kg.
Prices vary from 3 euros to 238 euros.

The size of the Aquaristic.net Bloodworms is a bit larger than those of Sera.

A young Nothobranchius furzeri is about to catch an Aquaristic.net Bloodworm,

Like all Aquaristic.net products Krill Flakes are well packaged.

Good quality of the Aquaristic.net Krill Flakes is clearly visible.

A microscopic view of the Aquaristic.net Krill Flakes.

Aquaristic.net Krill Flakes 

This is a very tasty high quality flake food. Increases color formation and promotes reproduction and readiness to spawn. Krill contains proteins, amino acids, chitin, carotenoids and unsaturated fatty acids (including Omega 3)

INGREDIENTS:
Fish and fish products, molluscs, crustaceans (Artemia 5%) plants and vegetable by-products, corn, yeast, oils and fats.

NUTRITIONAL VALUES:
Crude protein: 45,5%
Crude fat 5,5%
Crude fiber 2,5%
Ash 6,5%
Vitamin A 30 000IU / kg
Vitamin D3 2 000IU / kg
Vitamin E (Alpha-tocopheryl asetate AII Rac) 150mg / kg
Vitamin C (Ascorbylphosphat) 50mg / kg

VARIETIES AND PRICES LEVEL:
Sizes: 130 ml, 275 ml, 1000 ml, 10 L and 15kg.
Prices: 3-210 €

APPETITE:
Very liked by all acrnivorous species like Nothobranchius and Corydoras.

SINKING SPEED:
Sinks slowly.