Dainichi Cichlid Food - Color FX Sinking Small Pellet - 1.1 lbs

Have used both however this is a superior product. NLS leads to a messy tank and a canister filter, in cleaning that looks like you have a mud substrate. Dainichi gives consistent colors, active robust tropheus. NLS gives coloration but the consistency varies with batches and oh my what a messy tank. I'm unto Dainichi and off the NLS bandwagon. Cheap it is and probably good for fish farmers or breeders but not necessarily for hobbyists with a show tank.

My cichlids love this food…they’ve been eating this for years. An occasional dried shrimp, algie discs for the algie eaters and everyone’s happy.

One of the best food on the market. Keeps colors bright , and good in maintaining good health for my African cichlids.

This food helps achieve great and lasting color in cichlids and other fish. There’s much less waste produced by the fish which keeps nitrate levels down so there’s no reason not to use this food.

Great food for cichlids. Only fish food that I buy.

Dainichi is excellent food for my Malawi tank. Have been using it for about eight years now.

For what it's worth My cichlids filter a lot of debris from this food out of their gills while eating it. It makes a lot of floating particulates in My usually pristine water. Fairly new to the product and will see how the color and health claims go.