| Food | Commonality of Use |
| 1. Bloodworm | 400% |
| 2. Hikari Algae Wafers | 100% |
| 3. New Life Spectrum | 67% |
| 4. Hikari Cichlid Excel | 50% |
| 5. Hikari Shrimp Pellets | 20% |
| 6. Brineshrimp (Artemia) | 17% |
| 7. Assorted flakes and frozen blood worms | 14% |
| 8. Tetra colorbits(US) prima(UK) | 13% |
| 9. Omega One Cichlid Pellets | 11% |
| 10. Sinking Shrimp Pellets | 10% |
| 11. Omega One Veggie Rounds | 9% |
| 12. Various frozen foods | 8% |
| 13. Dainichi Veggie FX | 8% |
| 14. Tetra TetraVegie Algae Wafers | 7% |
| 15. Tetra Cichlid Crisps | 7% |
| 16. Sera catfish chips | 6% |
| 17. HBH Shrimp Pellets | 6% |
| 18. Tetra Cichlid Granules | 6% |
| 19. Hikari Sinking Wafers | 5% |
| 20. TetraFin pellets and flakes | 5% |
| 21. Marineland Algae Wafers | 5% |
| 22. Tubifex | 5% |
| 23. Yourfishstuff.com Super Veggie Flakes | 4% |
| 24. Yourfishstuff.com Veggie Sticks | 4% |
| 25. Yourfishstuff.com Color Flakes | 4% |
| 26. Courgettes | 4% |
| 27. Algae Wafers | 4% |
| 28. Goodheart | 4% |
| 29. Hikari Carnivore Tablets | 3% |
| 30. Daphnia | 3% |
| 31. Tetra Pro Colour | 3% |
