Hormone Free

Using hormones in tropical fish foods is illegal. That should be enough, but a little discussion might be helpful. You will not find hormones in any commercial foods sold in the USA, it is illegal. Using hormones will unnaturally color fish with their male colors, even females and juveniles.

There are some folks in the far east that are using hormones to get full coloration in juveniles. This might appeal to the uninformed beginner, but once they learn the ropes, they too will most likely shy away from artificially manufactured fish. Once an artificial fish is taken off the hormone, the faux colors will fade away.