Grain free, All fish based protien dog food, for big fish?

[Wet Whiskers]

If I were looking to feed monsters more economically, I would look to commercial fish food, rather than dog food.

Here's a link: http://www.silvercup.com/products.html

It comes in 40 or 50 lb bags, is the correct fat to protein ratio, is made for specific species, and well, the FDA approves it to be fed to fish intended for human consumption. Might not be grain free, but farmers are serious about healthy, quick growing livestock.

Interesting. Has anyone used this?

 

[pcfriedrich]

I haven't, but am considering looking into the tilapia or bass formulas for my cichlids. wonder which would be best?

 

[pcfriedrich]

looking at the different formulas, though, they do recomend for the high energy carnivore (largemouth bass, salmon, steelhead, and trout) a low carbohydrate formula of 48% protein and 18% fat. not all fish need 5% fat. That said, the catfish formula is only 7% fat.,

 

[aquaculture]

Heres silvercups ingredients for one of their products http://www.pondmerchant.com/home/po...tm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleproductfeed

Its called Pond Feed.

 

[pcfriedrich]

wow. you can buy it by the pound for only $2.75. I pay $20 for a half pound of cichlid bio gold+. This site sells a formula for half the price as the pond merchant:

http://www.shop.anrwildlife.com/product.sc?productId=39 that's $1.10 per pound!! (they only sell the 40lb bag, though. Wonder if you could buy just one bag from the manufacturer.

 

[komodo182]

Heres silvercups ingredients for one of their products http://www.pondmerchant.com/home/po...tm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleproductfeed

Its called Pond Feed.

That looks pretty nasty ingredient wise....

 

[aquaculture]

Exactly. ^

Ive recently begun to feed my fish: tilapia fillets, trimed chicken liver, raw prawns,cooked shrimp,wild caught clams(from local creek at begining of year),raw squid (with liver and inksack and beak and pen removed). Bull frog meat will soon be on their menu.
I also feed pond/koi fish pellets and locally caught crayfish meat.

 

[pcfriedrich]

not any worse than 99% of the fish food you'll find out there. Its got spirulina! Its what fish crave!! Most fish foods on the market don't have spirulina. it sounds healthier than 99% of the food people out there are feeding their dogs. anyway, the fish you had for dinner last week ate something similar its entire life (you should hope your dinner's food was as good a quality).

Anyway, even though we've found a great staple food at a great price... The OP was looking for something grain free. This one is made with grain.

Anybody got any thoughts on that dog food?

 

[pcfriedrich]

Exactly. ^

Ive recently begun to feed my fish: tilapia fillets, trimed chicken liver, raw prawns,cooked shrimp,wild caught clams(from local creek at begining of year),raw squid (with liver and inksack and beak and pen removed). Bull frog meat will soon be on their menu.
I also feed pond/koi fish pellets and locally caught crayfish meat.

That's the next best option. Buy their dinner at the seafood market. you can get fresh (frozen) seafood for $5.00/lb on average. That's alot cheaper than 'quality' fish food.

 

[aquaculture]

That's the next best option. Buy their dinner at the seafood market. you can get fresh (frozen) seafood for $5.00/lb on average. That's alot cheaper than 'quality' fish food.

Most of my fishes food comes from walmart,local feed store, and my local waterways caught and processed by me.

Wet Whiskers I hope my food list gives yah an idea for cheap food supply.