Probiotic is one of the biggest buzzwords in nutrition both for people and aquariums, but the entire movement has a dirty secret. It’s cheap and easy to dust everything from foods to salt and even water with probiotic ‘spores’ –…
What exactly has changed with New Life Spectrum food?
Last year New Life Spectrum announced it was making some changes to its food and had it on hand at MACNA. For those of us that weren’t able to catch up with the New Life team there and were wondering…
Trying out the unique properties of Reef Cell Fish & Coral Foods
Every year a multitude of companies introduce their ‘new’ reef aquarium and coral foods which are often little more than an assortment of finely ground ingredients. But aquarium fish food veteran New Life Spectrum has recently released a new line…
New Life Shield Medicated Foods: Ick Shield & Hex Shield
New Life Spectrum, a purveyor of fish foods has two new products Ick Shield and Hex Shield. Each of these foods actually has something hidden inside: fish medicine. The first Ick Shield does what you might expect and combats aquarium…
New Life Spectrum UltraRed pellets cranks the red up to 11
New Life Spectrum Ultra Red is a new line of prepared fish food designed to really amp up the red colors of our aquarium fish. If you thought that most modern high-quality aquarium fish foods already have their fair share…
New Life Spectrum MAX for feeding finicky fish
New Life Spectrum Max is a new pelleted food for feeding finicky fish which are notroiously difficult to acclimate to aquarium foods. Formerly named New Life Spectrumax, the simple ‘Max’ name is much easier to pronounce and now features a…
NutriGel gel food from New Life Spectrum for fresh and saltwater fish
NutriGel from New Life Spectrum is a new gel food formula for fresh and saltwater fish. Proving once again that everything old becomes new again, hot on the heels on the resurgence of gel foods from Repashy and others, NutriGel…
NutriCell, New Life Spectrum’s new micro-feed coral food
New Life Spectrum, makers of the beloved fish pellets, unveiled a ‘micro-feeder’ at the 2013 MACNA. This isn’t New Life Spectrum’s first foray into coral food, therefore NutriCell is definitely an evolved product. Designed to simulate plankton, it is neutrally…
Reef Micro-Feeder and Macro Feeder from New Life Spectrum
Reef Micro-Feeder and Reef Macro-Feeder are two new coral foods from New Life Spectrum, arguably one of the most popular freshwater and saltwater fish pelleted foods in the United States. Although New LIfe Spectrum pellets have been a staple of…