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The fish flake that ate Poughkeepsie!


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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?

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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. 

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