Hikari has two similar food products that you can feed to your dwarf aquarium fish. So, what is the difference between the Fancy Guppy and Micro Pellets?
You can find out in this comparison guide.
Quick Summary
When compared to the Hikari Micro Pellets, the Hikari Fancy Guppy is a better source for crude protein, crude fat, ash, Vitamin A and Vitamin D3.
On the other hand, the Hikari Micro Pellets contain more crude fiber, phosphorus, Vitamin E and Vitamin C.
Overall, you can’t go wrong with either one as both products should provide a balanced daily meal for your dwarf fish. If possible, we recommend getting both so that you can to see if your fish prefers the taste of Fancy Guppy or Micro Pellets.
Hikari Fancy Guppy vs. Hikari Micro Pellets Comparison Chart
You can take a look at Aquarium Blueprints’ comparison table for the Fancy Guppy and Micro Pellets below.
| Hikari Fancy Guppy | Hikari Micro Pellets | |
|---|---|---|
| Packaging Sizes | 0.77 oz (or 22 g) 2.2 lbs. (or 1 kg) | 0.77 oz (or 22 g) 1.58 oz (or 45 g) 2.2 lbs. (or 1 kg) |
| Feeding Directions | Feed as much as your fish is willing to eat for 1 minute at 2 to 3 times a day | Feed as much as your fish is willing to eat for 1 minute at 2 to 3 times a day |
| Ingredients | Fish meal Wheat flour Soybean meal Krill meal Brewers dried yeast Fish oil Dried seaweed meal Hydrolyzed vegetable sucrose polyesters Soybean oil DL-methionine Astaxanthin Garlic Choline chloride Vitamin E supplement L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C) Inositol D-calcium pantothenate Riboflavin Vitamin A supplement Thiamine mononitrate Pyridoxine hydrochloride Niacin Folic acid Vitamin D3 supplement Biotin Ferrous sulfate Magnesium sulfate Zinc sulfate Manganese sulfate Copper sulfate Calcium iodate | Fish meal Krill meal Soybean meal Flaked corn Cuttlefish meal Brewers dried yeast Wheat germ meal Wheat starch Fish oil Powdered cellulose Hydrolyzed vegetable sucrose polyesters Dried seaweed meal Lecithin DL-methionine Garlic Spirulina Astaxanthin Choline chloride Vitamin E supplement L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C) Inositol D-calcium pantothenate Riboflavin Vitamin A supplement Thiamine mononitrate Pyridoxine hydrochloride Niacin Folic acid Vitamin D3 supplement Biotin Vitamin B12 supplement P-aminobenzoic acid Disodium phosphate Salt Ferrous sulfate Magnesium sulfate Zinc sulfate Manganese sulfate Copper sulfate Calcium iodate Red 3 (artificial color) Yellow 5 (artificial color) |
| Nutritional Values | Crude Protein: min. 50.0% Crude Fat: min. 8.0% Crude Fiber: max. 2.0% Moisture: max. 10.0% Ash: max. 18.0% Phosphorus: min. 1.0% Vitamin A: min. 19,000 IU/kg Vitamin D3: min. 2,800 IU/kg Vitamin E: min. 850 IU/kg Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C): min. 340 mg/kg | Crude Protein: min. 43.0% Crude Fat: min. 7.0% Crude Fiber: max. 7.0% Moisture: max. 10.0% Ash: max. 17.0% Phosphorus: min. 1.1% Vitamin A: min. 16,000 IU/kg Vitamin D3: min. 2,400 IU/kg Vitamin E: min. 960 IU/kg Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C): min. 360 mg/kg |
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Packaging Sizes
When it come to the packaging sizes, the Micro Pellets brand is the only one of the two to come in a 1.58 oz (45 g) bag.
You can find a breakdown of the available portions below:
Hikari Fancy Guppy:
- 0.77 oz (or 22 g)
- 2.2 lbs. (or 1 kg)
Hikari Micro Pellets:
- 0.77 oz (or 22 g)
- 1.58 oz (or 45 g)
- 2.2 lbs. (or 1 kg)
Feeding Directions
The feeding directions for both products are identical.
Hikari recommends giving as much pellets as your dwarf fish is willing to eat for a duration 1 minute at 2 to 3 times every day.
After 1 minute, you might want to consider removing any uneaten pellets. Otherwise, these particles will decompose and may end up causing water quality issues such as spikes in ammonia, nitrites and nitrates.
Ingredients
You can find the ingredients listed for both the Fancy Guppy and Micro Pellets products below:
Hikari Fancy Guppy:
- Fish meal
- Wheat flour
- Soybean meal
- Krill meal
- Brewers dried yeast
- Fish oil
- Dried seaweed meal
- Hydrolyzed vegetable sucrose polyesters
- Soybean oil
- DL-methionine
- Astaxanthin
- Garlic
- Choline chloride
- Vitamin E supplement
- L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C)
- Inositol
- D-calcium pantothenate
- Riboflavin
- Vitamin A supplement
- Thiamine mononitrate
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride
- Niacin
- Folic acid
- Vitamin D3 supplement
- Biotin
- Ferrous sulfate
- Magnesium sulfate
- Zinc sulfate
- Manganese sulfate
- Copper sulfate
- Calcium iodate
Hikari Micro Pellets:
- Fish meal
- Krill meal
- Soybean meal
- Flaked corn
- Cuttlefish meal
- Brewers dried yeast
- Wheat germ meal
- Wheat starch
- Fish oil
- Powdered cellulose
- Hydrolyzed vegetable sucrose polyesters
- Dried seaweed meal
- Lecithin
- DL-methionine
- Garlic
- Spirulina
- Astaxanthin
- Choline chloride
- Vitamin E supplement
- L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C)
- Inositol
- D-calcium pantothenate
- Riboflavin
- Vitamin A supplement
- Thiamine mononitrate
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride
- Niacin
- Folic acid
- Vitamin D3 supplement
- Biotin
- Vitamin B12 supplement
- P-aminobenzoic acid
- Disodium phosphate
- Salt
- Ferrous sulfate
- Magnesium sulfate
- Zinc sulfate
- Manganese sulfate
- Copper sulfate
- Calcium iodate
- Red 3 (artificial color)
- Yellow 5 (artificial color)
Nutritional Values
When it comes to the nutritional values, the Hikari Fancy Guppy has a higher concentration of crude protein, crude fat, ash, Vitamin A and Vitamin D3.
On the other hand, the Hikari Micro Pellets has a higher concentration of crude fiber, phosphorus, Vitamin E and Vitamin C.
You can find a breakdown of the value for both food products below:
Hikari Fancy Guppy:
- Crude Protein: min. 50.0%
- Crude Fat: min. 8.0%
- Crude Fiber: max. 2.0%
- Moisture: max. 10.0%
- Ash: max. 18.0%
- Phosphorus: min. 1.0%
- Vitamin A: min. 19,000 IU/kg
- Vitamin D3: min. 2,800 IU/kg
- Vitamin E: min. 850 IU/kg
- Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C): min. 340 mg/kg
Hikari Micro Pellets:
- Crude Protein: min. 43.0%
- Crude Fat: min. 7.0%
- Crude Fiber: max. 7.0%
- Moisture: max. 10.0%
- Ash: max. 17.0%
- Phosphorus: min. 1.1%
- Vitamin A: min. 16,000 IU/kg
- Vitamin D3: min. 2,400 IU/kg
- Vitamin E: min. 960 IU/kg
- Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C): min. 360 mg/kg
Product Videos
You can take a look at Hikari’s official product videos for these products below:
Hikari Fancy Guppy:
Hikari Micro Pellets:
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