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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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Dainichi Koi Foods – Grade: A

Assessment: Two aquacultural proteins in the top four ingredients and only one split ingredient (wheat). Spirulina. Probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked.

Averages $8/lb

White fish mealwheat germ, whole wheat flourkrill meal, pea protein, brewer’s yeast, powdered milk, montmorillonite clay, spirulina algae, garlic, protease, gum acacia, beta glucan, Vitamin A Acetate, D-Activated Animal-Sterol (D3), DL Alphatocopherol (E), L-ascorbyl-2- polyphosphate (C), B12 Supplement, Choline Chloride, Niacin, Inositol, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (K), Biotin, Cobalt Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide.

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Premium Koi and Goldfish Color Enhancing Fish Food by Blackwater Creek – Grade: A

Premium Koi and Goldfish Color Enhancing Fish Food Medium 5 lb. by Blackwater Creek

Assessment: Two aquacultural proteins in the top four ingredients, two split ingredients (wheat and soy), has spirulina and color enhancer. Unable to tell if cooked.

Averages $9/lb

Wheat Middlings, Shrimp Meal (1/6th /15% of diet ), Rice Bran, Fishmeal, Corn Gluten Meal, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Ground Wheat, Soy Protein Isolate, Spirulina Algae, Propionic Acid (a preservative), Ascorbic Acid, Yeast Culture, Canthaxanthin, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Magnesium Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K activity), Thiamine Mononitrate, Biotin.

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Aquascape Diet, Color Enhancing Premium – Grade: A

Aquascape Diet, Color Enhancing Premium

Winner! Three Aquacultural Proteins in the top four ingredients!
Winner! Three Aquacultural Proteins in the top four ingredients!

Assessment: Three aquacultural proteins in the top four ingredients and only one split ingredient (wheat). Spirulina and color enhancer. Probiotics. Unable to tell if cooked. This food eclipses their OWN line, and everyone else’s.

Averages $5 per lb in larger/largest bags

Actual Ingredients in order of amount:

Fish meal, shrimp meal, rice bran, krill meal, wheat germ meal, durum wheat, chitosan, fish oil, salt, spirulina, lecithin, astaxanthin, molasses yeast, vitamin E supplement, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (vitamin C), calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, iron proteinate, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus subtilis natto, choline chloride, inositol, manganese proteinate, zinc proteinate, biotin, niacin (vitamin B3), pantothenic acid, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfate (vitamin K), vitamin A acetate, copper proteinate, vitamin D3 supplement, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), vitamin D3 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), calcium iodate, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), sodium selenite.