OnlyGenusCaps Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Recently, I have been buying some new types of fish food. Some pellets. They have been what I expected. But the flakes have ranged in size from massive to absolutely enormous! Has anyone else noticed this? Why is this a thing now? I can't imagine fish are happier with a flake that is the size of a lily pad. It can't be for larger fish, right? I mean once they are a certain size, don't most folks change over to pellets? So, I end up grinding the flakes down to be a size that is smaller than my fish. Does anyone know why these companies have decided that bigger is better when it comes to fish flakes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I don’t know why but the past couple types I purchased I had to put in a 3 cup chopper to get it to a size for adult guppies. Otherwise I was spending a ton of time crushing each day with mortar pestle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I suspect the manufacturer thinks you will use more of it and have to buy more, sooner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSH OUTDOORS Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I imagine this is just a manufacturing and cost savings decision. Flakes start as a paste or liquid that is extruded onto sheets to dry. It takes time and money to manually or have a machine chop it smaller. They probably figure the consumer can always make it smaller, they can never make it bigger and it saves them a step. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudofish Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On the one hand it makes them more versatile as they can be any size. I don't keep anything as big as like Oscars so I imagine I'll always have some sort of flake in the rotation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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