Fish farm food for CA/SA

[Decoder]

I came across a very cheap food that are used in fish farms. I am sure of its quality but I am not sure if it is sutable for aquarium fish, specifically large americans. The name of the food is "pelleted carp grow-out feed". Here are the ingredients and analysis:

I am not planning to use it as staple food but I may have to use it in the future since it is very cheap. For now I will use as a growing support with NLS. What do you think?

 

[balton777]

Looks fine to me but I'm not a fish nutrition expert.

Can I get some of that too?

 

[Decoder]

I would send you but Texas is kinda far to me

 

[balton777]

 

[Peanut_Power]

What about Mississippi? LOL! Yeah should be fine, depending on what they are feedin it to. Carp and the like have different feeding requirements than CA/SA cichlids. As long as its not the staple, you should be fine. They just have a lot of ash in there, stuff like that for easier digestion with the carp/cats.

They sell stuff like all around here, its great living in the state of Catfish Ponds!

 

[Binohendrix]

The problem with this kind of pellet is that you dont know how it will affect your water. I used to feed my fish with fish farm pellets and my water was always cloudy. It was very cheap and my fish loved it but i ended up buying another canister because i thought my tank was underfiltered because of the cloudy water. It didnt solve the problem , then i stopped feeding them with the fish farm pellets. Results? Clear water...

 

[Peanut_Power]

Yeah that too!! They feed in mass to hundereds of fish, they aren't really concerned about cloudy water! LOL!

 

[balton777]

The problem with this kind of pellet is that you dont know how it will affect your water. I used to feed my fish with fish farm pellets and my water was always cloudy. It was very cheap and my fish loved it but i ended up buying another canister because i thought my tank was underfiltered because of the cloudy water. It didnt solve the problem , then i stopped feeding them with the fish farm pellets. Results? Clear water...

Information like this is why I love coming to MFK.

 

[fwlion]

cheap fish farm food here in the states is TROUT CHOW nasty cheap stuff

 

[Decoder]

I will see about that. This food looks like a quality product to me. The main reason I will use it is the relatively high percentage of protein and relatively low percentage of fat. I heard that juvenile fish that eat this food grow like crazy. A guy told me his oscars grew 8 cms in 1.5 months with this food. I am sure he is not lying.