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Hikari Gold Pond Fish Food – Too Expensive for C-Grade Food

Hikari Gold Pond Fish Food

Extremely expensive for what it is. I would note the single aquacultural protein in the top three ingredients means this is a cheaply produced food, but with a $10-11/lb price tag. I wouldn’t feed it only because of the price. Otherwise it’s a C-rated food. This is new for Hikari because they were once my favorite recommendation.

Assessment:

Only one aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients and no split ingredients. Astaxanthin color enhancer, garlic. Has stabilized Vitamin C. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients:

Fish meal, flake corn (processed), wheat flour, gluten meal, soybean meal, enzyme, monosodium glutamate, garlic, astaxanthin, DL-methionine, vitamins and minerals including stabilized Vitamin C.

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Blackwater Gold-N 40 lbs Medium Pellet: Grade A-minus

Blackwater Gold-N 40 lbs Medium Pellet

Averages $4.50/lb in the 40lb bag.

Assessment:

Two aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, and only two split ingredient (wheat, soy). No Spirulina and no specific color enhancer. Shit tons of probiotics. So, on the color enhancers. This diet has Spinach. And there’s some data that supports that sunshine and genetics have more to do with color than canthaxanthin or astaxanthin. Look at the converse: Truth: Color enhancers WILL NOT HELP fish who don’t have the genes and aren’t getting sunlight. Joe Pawlak (and his nutritionists whom he OBVIOUSLY teamed up with) know crap tons more about fish nutrition than I do. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients:

Fish Meal, Wheat Flour, Shrimp Meal, Rice Bran, Soy Protein Isolate, Fish Oil, De-hulled Soybean Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Wheat, Poultry By-Product Meal, Blood Meal, Spinach, Propionic Acid (a preservative), Yeast Culture, Ascorbic Acid, Beet Powder, Dried Baciilus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Brewer’s Dried Yeast, Asparagus, Anise, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfate (source of Vitamin K activity) Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Magnesium Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Sodium Selenite

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Yamato Nishiki Koi Food – Grade: A

Yamato Nishiki Koi Food

Averages $9/lb

Assessment: 

Disappointing because an accurate ingredient list is not available. I know for a fact that the above ingredients are in the diet but I have no confidence that the ingredients are present in those implied amounts. (Descending by weight/volume) This is a VERY good food (maybe an industry topper!!!) but I can’t give you any evidence.

Ingredients

Fish Meal, Cuttlefish Meal, Wheat Flour, Corn, Bean Oil Cake, Sodium phosphate, vitamins, minerals, and astaxanthin.

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Kaytee Koi’s Choice Premium Fish Food, 10-lb bag

Kaytee Koi’s Choice Premium Fish Food, 10-lb bag

Assessment:

Kaytee's Koi Choice: Mediocre
Kaytee’s Koi Choice: Mediocre

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients and only two split ingredient (Corn, wheat). No spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients:
Fish Meal, Ground Corn, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Wheat Flour, Corn Gluten Meal, Fish Oil, Wheat Germ Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Potassium Sulfate, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Propionic Acid (a preservative), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin A Supplement, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Carbonate, Manganous Oxide, Menadion e Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of vitamin K activity), Niacin, Ethoxyquin (a preservative), Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D3), Cobalt Carbonate, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite.