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Ecological Labs Koi Legacy High Growth and Energy Fish Food

Ecological Labs Koi Legacy High Growth and Energy Fish Food

Assessment:

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, but Krill Meal further down, so there’s that. And only one split ingredient (wheat). Spirulina and other color enhancers. Probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked. This diet is pretty close to the formulation of the Staple from Microbe Lift.

I prefer more aquacultural protein and less plant sources but that’s biased. I’d feed this diet if it was at a good price, perhaps in larger than one pound containers.

Ingredients

Fish meal, wheat, dehulled soybean meal, corn gluten meal, distillers grains with solubles, wheat middlings, krill meal, fish oil, red iron oxide, dicalcium phosphate, DL-methioninie, beet powder, salt, brewers yeast, spirulina, betafin S1, ascorbic acid (stay-C), astaxanthin, ethoxyquin, bio plus 2B, calcium carbonate, vitamin E, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, D-calcium panothonate, niacin, folic acid, riboflavin, menadione sodium bisulfate complex, biotin, vitamin D3, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, cobalt carbonate, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, ferrous sulfate, sodium selenite, vitamin A, mineral oil, vitamin B12

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CrystalClear Koi Food – Grade D+ (Well, it’s food)

CrystalClear Koi Food

About $8.50/lb

Assessment:

ZERO aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, and only one split ingredient (wheat). Feather meal isn’t ideal because of it’s amino acid lopsidedness. Spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients

Dehulled Soybean Meal, Wheat, Wheat Middlings, Poultry By-Product Meal, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Fish Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, Yeast Culture, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, dl-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E Supplement), Vitamin B12 Supple – ment, Riboflavin, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Choline Chloride, dl-Methionine, L-Ascorbyl-2- Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C).

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Laguna Growth Enhancing Goldfish & Koi Floating Food: Grade C

Laguna Growth Enhancing Goldfish & Koi Floating Food

Assessment: WTF? NO aquacultural proteins in the top four ingredients, and one split ingredient (wheat into THREE). Feather meal isn’t ideal because of it’s amino acid lopsidedness. No spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Averages $9/lb (Ridiculous)

Ingredients

Wheat, Wheat Middlings, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Poultry By-Product Meal, Fish Meal, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Wheat Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles, Fish Oil, Soy Lecithin, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (source of Vitamin E), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Manganese Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Iron Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Yeast Culture, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C).

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Laguna Color Enhancing Goldfish & Koi: Worse than “Meh”

Laguna Color Enhancing Goldfish & Koi Floating Food, 2.2 lb

Averages $7/lb !! (There are so many foods twice as good for less.)

Assessment:

One aquacultural protein in the top four ingredients, and only one split ingredient (wheat). Feather meal isn’t ideal because of it’s amino acid lopsidedness. Has spirulina and no color enhancer. No probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Ingredients:

Wheat, Fish Meal, Wheat Germ Meal, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Blood Meal, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Fish Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Spirulina, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, dl-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione SodiumBisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Choline Chloride, Cobalt Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate.