Fish Food Pro's & Con's

[JamesFish]

Please don't post anything about home made food or turn this nasty. Our friendly admins will only lock it if that happens.

We come from all round the world and many different types of fish food are used. Both commercial bough products and common veg (Enter the humble cucumber, lettuce etc).

Now I cant remember where I read it but I do remember reading up that different types of food / company products change slightly the amount of pollution in the water.

To give people an example of what I am getting at.

The following I find the following horribly messy.
Cucumber if not removed within 24 hours (12 hours for my old pleco who I swear used to love clogging my filter up by ripping it to shreds).
JMC pellets - Fish go crazy but find them really messy
Tetramin dual wafers
King British stick on treats (Little round food discs you pin to the glass and break up)

Foods I find better
Spirulina based flake food I have a tub of Nutrafin max ones (Great for young algae eaters and everything seems to accept it)
Tetramin complete flakes - Used for years although every fish seems to have its favourites never found to be messy.
Hikari - Algae wafers
Hikari - Catfish wafers
courgette - Or Zuccini in America? - Pretty tough but works well as doesn't break up all round the tank if something has a go at it.

While what you are feeding will depend on what you give has anyone got tips on what foods are really good and don't make a mess? Can anyone suggest alternatives for the above that pollute less?

[Atmichaels]

I'm a big fan of Repashy gels. The fish love it and I've never had a problem with mess. I use the soilent green for my veggie lovers and the meat pie for the carnivores.