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product_id: 13428048
title: "Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets for Pets, 2.61-Ounce"
brand: "hikari"
price: "A$26"
currency: AUD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
category: "Hikari"
url: https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/13428048-hikari-sinking-carnivore-pellets-for-pets-2-61-ounce
store_origin: AU
region: Australia
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# Boosts vibrant natural colors High digestible protein 45%+ Rapid water absorption, soft texture Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets for Pets, 2.61-Ounce

**Brand:** hikari
**Price:** A$26
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🐟 Feed the wild side with Hikari — where nutrition meets nature’s brilliance!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets for Pets, 2.61-Ounce by hikari
- **How much does it cost?** A$26 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- hikari enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted hikari brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Safe & Clean Nutrition:** Free from parasites and bacteria, ensuring a healthy, worry-free meal every time.
- • **Color-Boosting Carotenoids:** Enhances your aquatic pets’ natural brilliance for that envy-inducing glow.
- • **Universal Carnivore Appeal:** Perfectly balanced for all life stages and large breed carnivorous fish, from axolotls to bass.
- • **Live-Food Texture Innovation:** Pellets absorb water quickly, mimicking live prey to entice even the pickiest eaters.
- • **Precision Protein Powerhouse:** Delivers optimal protein levels tailored for carnivorous fish vitality.

## Overview

Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets provide a scientifically balanced diet rich in digestible protein and carotenoids, designed to enhance the natural colors and health of large carnivorous freshwater fish. These pellets rapidly absorb water to replicate the texture of live prey, are free from parasites and bacteria, and cater to all life stages, making them a premium choice for discerning aquatic pet owners.

## Description

Ideal For All Carnivores. Developed to provide well-balanced nutrition and superior color enhancement of the natural colors of most larger carnivorous fish. Great for all types of freshwater fish, picky eaters. Pellets Absorb Water Quickly and Soften, Yet Retain Their Shape. Free Of Parasites and Bacteria Common With Live Foods.

Review: They love this stuff!!! - Great product. The Axolotl's love this food.
Review: Works for non-tropical fish as well - Use to feed catfish, largemouth bass, and perch I have in a cast iron tub in my backyard. They love it, good quantity for price, satisfied customer

## Features

- Perfectly balanced to offer a daily diet most carnivores love
- Higher levels of carotenoids promote brilliant colors
- Free of unwanted parasites and bacteria common with live foods
- Higher digestible protein levels that carnivores need
- Absorbs water rapidly taking on a texture of a live fish

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B007QH89AI |
| ASIN  | B007QH89AI |
| Age Range Description | All Life Stages |
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,752 in Pet Supplies ( See Top 100 in Pet Supplies ) #80 in Aquarium Fish Food |
| Brand Name | Hikari |
| Breed Recommendation | Large Breeds |
| Color | green |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,788) |
| Date First Available | June 20, 2004 |
| Date First Available  | June 20, 2004 |
| Department | Unisex-Adult |
| Department  | Unisex-Adult |
| Directions | See Packaging |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 5.3 x 0.5 x 2.5 inches |
| Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 7.01 x 3.62 x 1.69 inches |
| Item Weight | 0.07 Kilograms |
| Item model number | 042094 |
| Item model number  | 042094 |
| Manufacturer | Phillips Feed & Pet Supply Natural Balance |
| Manufacturer  | Phillips Feed & Pet Supply Natural Balance |
| Manufacturer recommended age  | 1 month and up |
| Material | Plastic |
| Model Name | Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Dimensions  | 5.3 x 0.5 x 2.5 inches; 2.61 ounces |
| Size | 2.61 Ounce (Pack of 1) |
| Specific Uses for Product | Indoor |
| Target Audience Keyword | fish |
| Warranty Description | Warranty |

## Product Details

- **Age Range (Description):** All Life Stages
- **Brand:** Hikari
- **Flavor:** Fish
- **Item Form:** Pellet
- **Specific Uses For Product:** Indoor

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this food suitable for a beta? The fish shop owner sold it to me for my beta but I would think sinking pellets aren’t good for betas.**
A: I think these are for bottom feeders. I have never had a Beta.  I think Betas do get pellets, but they are tiny.

**Q: I have carnivores plecos, would this be in ideal high protein food for them? Also what is the protein %?**
A: My supposedly herbivore bristlenose pleco loves the carnivore sinking pellets, which I got for my yoyo loach and large angelfish.  I make sure I add a sinking algae pellet about an hour before I add the carnivore pellet to make sure the pleco gets enough veggies.  Don't know the protein content, it's probably available through the manufacturer's website.

**Q: My fish love theses but what can i do to avoid the smell these give off in the water after feeding?? I have great filtration in my tank to..**
A: Perhaps cut back on feeding quantity a bit. I've noticed with heavy protein foods like this that unless consumed completely down to the bits and morsels often left behind, that your going to see more waste and debris in gravel often leading to the foul smelling water you described.

**Q: Will dragon gobies eat this**
A: Dragons are fairly blind so you need to get the food close to him. They will eat sinking shrimp pellets or Algiers wafers. You can use a straw by placing it close to him or his den and drop the food in the straw so he can find it.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ They love this stuff!!!
*by Y***N on October 10, 2025*

Great product. The Axolotl's love this food.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works for non-tropical fish as well
*by D***L on July 12, 2025*

Use to feed catfish, largemouth bass, and perch I have in a cast iron tub in my backyard. They love it, good quantity for price, satisfied customer

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect for my picky African Lungfish
*by V***. on July 8, 2020*

A few months ago I got a young West African Lungfish (we named him Cthulhu!). Some of you might remember learning about lungfish in a highschool or college biology class, they are a really unusual type of critter that educators may refer to when they are teaching about evolution. This is because they are still very similar to their fossilized ancestors, and they (and a couple of other species of lungfish) are the only group left that represents the body plan of what early amphibians might have started out as. Since lungfish are such an uncommon housepet, there isn't an abundance of information about taking care of them in captivity, and even discriptions of their diets are vague. When Cthulhu first arrived he barely ate anything we offered him for weeks, and showed few signs of growth. When we tried these though, he gobbled them up immediately with no hesitation! (Even our pleco really loves them since most species of pleco are actually at least partially carnivorous!) Since then he's gained better coloration, been more lively, and quickly grown another 4 inches in length (they grow up to 3 feet long)! Now my only problem is keeping it stocked to keep up with his appetite lolol I'll try to add a video of him munching away at some point! *Note: Several reviews mention it having a smell and while the pellets are pretty pungent, if you only feed them as much as they can eat and keep the bag sealed you won't have a problem. Bad smells come from extra food that gets left in the bottom of the tank (you should never leave extra food of any kind, but especially not this kind).

## Frequently Bought Together

- Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets for Pets, 2.61-Ounce
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*Last updated: 2026-02-16*