The great Shrimpfood Water-stability Showdown!

[KeenShrimp]

I needed to know which wafer is the most water stable in my current arsenal. I set up the below experiment using foods that I already have at hand, thus some brands that I like more had more foods to test from than others.

I put 6ml of RO/DI water, remineralised with SS GH/KH+ GH8, KH3 in a petri dish.  I then placed a small food wafer, or a piece of a food wafer that was larger of equivalent size in the petri dish for 24 hours. Room temperature set to 19.5 degrees Celsius. I used a disposable pippette to drip some water over the wafers throughout the day to simulate water current. I also moved the wafers around slightly with sharp microscope tweezers to simulate shrimp picking at them.

I included a few non-water stable food options as I had them already and wanted to see the effect it had on the water. They have not been included in the rankings as they either turn to powder or are powder.

List of foods tested in random selection arranged from left to right on my kitchen counter:

Benibachi Kale food (Not a competitor in this test)

Benibachi Golden Mineral food (Not a competitor in this test)

Benibachi Golden Food

Lowkeys Spirax (Not a competitor in this test)

Lowkeys Hiden No Esa Secret food

EbitaBreed Spinach Tab

EbitaBreed Quattro II

EbitaBreed Hinomaro Bentou

Shrimp King Pea and leaf Loops

Shirakura Shrimp Ball food (Hard Wafer)

Shirakura Shrimp Ball Food ( Soft wafer)

Boss Shrimp Crack

Hikari Algae Wafers

Shrimp Nature Green (Not a competitor in this test)

Mosura Brood Care

Taiwan Breeders Fermented food ( the Vegetarian one)

 

Without further ado:

BEST water Stable wafers:

#1 EbitaBreed Spinach Tab, Quattro and Hinomaro Bentou ( all 3 were exceptionally stable), tied with Lowkeys Hiden No Esa - these wafers looked good as new after 24 hours.

#2 Shrimp King Pea&Leaf loops. The leaf loops were just as stable as the number one ranks, but the pea loop was  a bit more squishy to the touch.

#3 Taiwan Breeders Fermentation food tied with Shirakura Shrimp Ball food ( Soft and hard wafer)

 

Least Water Stable Wafers:

#1 Hikari Algae Wafers

#2 Boss Shrimp Crack ( I have to mention that the centre of the wafer was reasonably firm after 24 hours, but the dissolving exterior compared to other food wafers was noticeable)

#3 Mosura Brood Care

 

Benibachi Golden food was in the middle, thus no mention in the rankings.

 

Photos below are of the foods after 24 hours. Close-ups in last 3 pics are :EbitaBreed Spinach Tab, Shrimp King Pea&Leaf loops, Boss Shrimp Crack.

 

 

 

[NoGi]

How did we miss this great little write up? Love your work. Should this be an article?