JBL ProNovo Insect Stick S insect-based food
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These floating sticks feed ornamental aquarium fish of 3 to 10 cm, and their ingredient list opens with an insect protein.
They contain 42% protein and are easy to monitor by eye, since anything uneaten remains visible at the surface.
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The summary
- What you receive: a 250 ml tub of floating sticks, with a click-dose measure in the lid.
- What's in it: insect protein at the top of the ingredients list, 42% crude protein.
- How to feed it: once or twice a day, and anything still floating is removed.
- How to choose: two questions about mealtime point you to the right tub.
- What else it contains: salmon, shrimp and squid meal, after the insect.
- How it arrives: a light tub, by Colissimo or Chronopost to your door.
Floating insect-protein sticks for ornamental fish from 3 to 10 cm
JBL ProNovo Insect Stick S, an insect-based food, feeds ornamental aquarium fish of 3 to 10 cm with floating sticks. Its ingredient list opens with an insect protein derived from the black soldier fly, and it contains 42% crude protein. Because it stays at the surface, you can judge by eye how much of the ration is actually eaten.
These sticks feed ornamental aquarium fish of 3 to 10 cm. They contain 42% protein, 6% fat and 3% fibre, and the first ingredient declared on the label is an insect protein, derived from the black soldier fly, which makes up 15% of the recipe. The stick floats rather than sinking to the bottom, which lets you see how much is actually eaten.
🦗 Where the protein comes from
Insect protein comes at the top of the list, ahead of wheat flour and shrimp meal. It is not alone there, since the recipe also declares salmon meal and squid meal: this stick is therefore not a seafood-free food. With 42 % crude protein, this stick is on a par with the food for cichlids and above the 36 % of the fine granules for guppies, which increases by the same amount the nitrogen that your filter has to process.
A protein-rich feed
At 42% protein, this stick provides more nitrogen, ration for ration, than a basic feed at 36%.
What your plants receive
The nitrates produced from this nitrogen are what your plants feed on. A richer ration calls for more growing area.
What you need to measure
Run an ammonium test after every increase in ration, and a nitrite test for as long as the filter is new.
🌊 A stick that stays at the surface
Floating food is easy to monitor by eye. Give the amount that is eaten entirely within a few minutes, once or twice a day, then remove whatever is still floating. This way you can see which fish come to feed and when the meal is over. For growing fish, the frequency rises to three or four feeds a day, always in small amounts, because overfeeding is a frequent cause of ammonia spikes, as the article on the nitrogen cycle in aquaponics points out.
The ration, the leftovers and the opened tin
Do not increase the ration because your fish are still begging, as a food with 42% protein loads the water faster than a basic food. Remove whatever is still floating after a few minutes, rather than leaving it to decompose in your tank. Once opened, the tub should be used within 4 months at most, because the vitamins degrade in it, and it should be closed again after each feed.
Changing feed over a week
A change of feed should be made over a week, mixing the two in proportions that gradually reverse, otherwise some fish will refuse the new food for several days while others eat too much of it. So keep your old tub until the end of the transition rather than finishing it all at once. And use that week to take an ammonium test every other day, since this is exactly the period when a richer formula shows up in the water before it shows on the fish.
🐠 Which fish it suits
The stick format is aimed at fish of 3 to 10 cm that feed at the surface or in mid-water, which covers most of a community tank, from barbs to platies and danios. It is suitable neither for bottom-dwelling fish, which will not swim up to fetch it, nor for very small species, whose mouths are too small to take it whole. For smaller fish, you can break a stick between two fingers before feeding it. For a bottom tank stocked with corydoras or loaches, a sinking pellet suited to their diet complements the ration provided by this stick.
Technical specifications
What the label states
- Main protein source
- Insect protein (Hermetia)15% of the recipe, ahead of wheat flour and shrimp meal
- Buoyancy
- Floating stickWhatever is left after a few minutes is removed with a net
- Crude protein
- 42%
- Crude fat
- 6%
- Crude fibre
- 3%
- Crude ash
- 8%
To budget for separately
- Filter monitoring
- A nitrite drop test
- While you are away
- An automatic feeder
In the box
- 1 250 ml tub of sticks
- 1 click dispenser built into the lid
Nutritional analysis and composition as declared by JBL, recorded on 19/09/2026 and checked on 08/10/2026.
Manufacturer and product safety
- Manufacturer
- JBL GmbH & Co. KG
- Postal address
- Dieselstraße 3, 67141 Neuhofen, Allemagne
- Contact
- info@jbl.de
- Website
- www.jbl.de
Information provided under Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety.
Four aquarium foods from the shelf, head to head
What sets them apart is the target species, the shape and the protein content.
Is this floating stick the one you need?
Where your fish take their food and where they are left hungry is enough to point to one of the four boxes.
| JBL ProNovo Guppy Grano S food for guppiesYour choice | Recommended JBL ProNovo Insect Stick S insect-basedYour choice | JBL ProNovo Cichlid Grano M food forYour choice | JBL ProNovo Pleco Wafer food forYour choice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | ||||
| Target species | Guppies and other livebearers | Ornamental fish from 3 to 10 cm | Omnivorous and carnivorous cichlids | Herbivorous bottom-dwelling loricariids |
| First raw material | Spirulina 18 % | Insect protein | Salmon meal | Wheatgerm |
| What the label states | ||||
| Crude protein (%) | 36 % | 42 % | 42 % | 29 % |
| Crude fat (%) | 5 % | 6 % | 8 % | 7 % |
| Crude fibre (%) | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 11 % |
| Shape | Fine granule | Stick | Granule | Tablet |
| The price | ||||
| Price | $19.00 | $14.00 | $19.00 | $16.00 |
JBL ProNovo Guppy Grano S food for guppies
Who it's for
Target speciesGuppies and other livebearers
First raw materialSpirulina 18 %
What the label states
Crude protein (%)36 %
Crude fat (%)5 %
Crude fibre (%)2 %
ShapeFine granule
The price
JBL ProNovo Insect Stick S insect-basedRecommended
Who it's for
Target speciesOrnamental fish from 3 to 10 cm
First raw materialInsect protein
What the label states
Crude protein (%)42 %
Crude fat (%)6 %
Crude fibre (%)3 %
ShapeStick
The price
JBL ProNovo Cichlid Grano M food for
Who it's for
Target speciesOmnivorous and carnivorous cichlids
First raw materialSalmon meal
What the label states
Crude protein (%)42 %
Crude fat (%)8 %
Crude fibre (%)4 %
ShapeGranule
The price
JBL ProNovo Pleco Wafer food for
Who it's for
Target speciesHerbivorous bottom-dwelling loricariids
First raw materialWheatgerm
What the label states
Crude protein (%)29 %
Crude fat (%)7 %
Crude fibre (%)11 %
ShapeTablet
The price
Nutritional analyses and compositions as declared by JBL, recorded on 19/09/2026 and checked on 08/10/2026.
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