Insect based food
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These floating sticks feed ornamental aquarium fish between three and ten centimetres in length, and the ingredient list opens with an insect protein.
They contain 42% protein and are easy to monitor visually, as anything left uneaten remains visible on the surface.
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The summary
- What you receive: a 250 ml tub of floating sticks, with a click-measure dispenser in the lid.
- What's inside: insect protein at the top of the ingredients list, 42% crude protein.
- How to feed: once or twice a day, removing anything still floating afterwards.
- How to choose: two questions about feeding time will point you to the right tub.
- What else it contains: salmon, shrimp, and squid meal, after the insect protein.
- How it arrives: a lightweight tub, available for collection point or home delivery.
Floating insect-protein sticks for ornamental fish from 3 to 10 cm
These sticks are formulated for ornamental aquarium fish between three and ten centimetres in length. They contain 42% protein, 6% fat, and 3% crude fibre, and the first ingredient declared on the label is an insect protein derived from the black soldier fly. The stick floats rather than sinking to the bottom, giving you full control over the quantity actually consumed.
🦗 Where the protein comes from
Insect protein heads the ingredient list, ahead of wheat flour and shrimp meal. It does not stand alone there, as the recipe also declares salmon meal and squid meal, so this stick does not replace a seafood-free food. What changes is the position insect protein occupies in the list, and the resulting protein level. At 42%, it sits at the top of the range, well ahead of the 36% found in the fine granule food for guppies, and your filter will notice the difference accordingly.
The highest rate on the shelf
At 42% protein, this stick delivers more nitrogen per serving than a standard food at 36%.
What your plants receive
The nitrates produced from this nitrogen are what your plants feed on. A richer ration requires a greater growing surface.
What to measure
Run an ammonium test after every feed increase, and a nitrite test for as long as the filter is still maturing.
🌊 A stick that stays on the surface
A floating food lets you monitor feeding visually. Offer an amount your fish finish within a few minutes, once or twice a day, then remove whatever is still floating. You can see who is coming to feed and you can see when they have had enough, something no percentage figure can replace. For growing fish, increase to three or four feeds a day, always in small amounts, and remember that overfeeding remains the most common mistake, as our article on common aquaponics errors explains.
Three ways to accidentally overload the water
Do not increase the ration because your fish are still begging, a feed with 42% protein loads the water more quickly than a standard feed. Do not keep the tin for more than four months after opening, as the vitamins degrade. And do not change both feed and quantity on the same day, otherwise you will not know which of the two caused a shift in your ammonium test.
Switching from one food to another without trouble
Switching food should be done over the course of a week, mixing the two in proportions that gradually reverse, failing this, some fish will refuse to eat for several days while others overindulge. Keep your old container until the transition is complete rather than finishing it all at once. And use that week to take an ammonium test every other day, since this is precisely the period when a richer formula shows up in the water before it shows up in the fish.
🐠 Suitable fish
The stick format is aimed at fish between three and ten centimetres that feed at the surface or mid-water, which covers the vast majority of a community tank, from barbs to platys and danios. It is not suited to bottom-dwellers, which will not come up to retrieve it, nor to very small species whose mouths cannot take it on. A stick can, however, be broken between two fingers for smaller fish, and many hobbyists do exactly that rather than buying two separate tins. For a tank with corydoras or loaches on the bottom, a weighted tablet remains the logical complement to keep alongside this one.
Technical specifications
What the label states
- Protein source listed first
- Insect protein (Hermetia)It comes before wheat flour and shrimp meal
- Buoyancy
- Floating stickWhatever remains after a few minutes can be removed with a net
- Crude protein
- 42 %
- Crude fats
- 6 %
- Crude fibre
- 3 %
- Crude ash
- 8 %
To budget for separately
- Filter monitoring
- A nitrite drop test
- Absences
- An automatic feeder
In the box
- 1 250 ml tub of sticks
- 1 click dispenser integrated into the lid
Nutritional analysis and composition recorded on 19/09/2026 from the manufacturer's page and two consistent retailer listings.
Four aquarium foods from the range, side by side
What sets them apart is the target species, the form and the protein level.
Is this floating stick the one you need?
Where your fish feed and where one goes hungry are enough to identify one of the four boxes.
| Guppy staple foodYour choice | Recommended Insect based foodYour choice | Staple food for cichlidsYour choice | Cleaner fish foodYour choice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is it for | ||||
| Target species | Guppies and other livebearers | Ornamental fish from 3 to 10 cm | Omnivorous and carnivorous cichlids | Herbivorous bottom-dwelling Loricariidae |
| Primary ingredient | Spirulina 18% | Insect protein | Salmon meal | Wheat germ |
| What the label states | ||||
| Crude protein (%) | 36 % | 42 % | 42 % | 29 % |
| Crude fats (%) | 5 % | 6 % | 8 % | 7 % |
| Crude fibre (%) | 2 % | 3 % | 4 % | 11 % |
| Shape | Fine pellet | Stick | Pellet | Tablet |
| The price | ||||
| Price | ¥1,200 | ¥1,500 | ¥1,600 | ¥1,800 |
Guppy staple food
Who is it for
Target speciesGuppies and other livebearers
Primary ingredientSpirulina 18%
What the label states
Crude protein (%)36 %
Crude fats (%)5 %
Crude fibre (%)2 %
ShapeFine pellet
The price
Insect based foodRecommended
Who is it for
Target speciesOrnamental fish from 3 to 10 cm
Primary ingredientInsect protein
What the label states
Crude protein (%)42 %
Crude fats (%)6 %
Crude fibre (%)3 %
ShapeStick
The price
Staple food for cichlids
Who is it for
Target speciesOmnivorous and carnivorous cichlids
Primary ingredientSalmon meal
What the label states
Crude protein (%)42 %
Crude fats (%)8 %
Crude fibre (%)4 %
ShapePellet
The price
Cleaner fish food
Who is it for
Target speciesHerbivorous bottom-dwelling Loricariidae
Primary ingredientWheat germ
What the label states
Crude protein (%)29 %
Crude fats (%)7 %
Crude fibre (%)11 %
ShapeTablet
The price
Nutritional analyses and compositions recorded on 19/09/2026 from the manufacturer's page and from consistent retailer descriptions.
Help choosing
Two questions about feeding time
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