Just wondering how different types of food compare in terms of nutritional value they offer. For example, what is more nutritional, FD Krill or high quality pellet? Live feeder or frozen brineshrimp? IS there a table of some sort floating out there? If not, what does everybody think is the most nutricious and why?
Nutritional Value
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Kikari
sinking carnivore
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 47% Min.
Crude Fat 5% Min.
Crude Fiber 3% Max.
Moisture 10% Max.
Ash 17% Max.
Ingredients: white fish meal, shrimp meal, alfalfa meal, wheat flour, alpha starch, brewer's dried yeast, carotene, L-lysin, DL-methionine, fish oil, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, Vitamin K, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacine, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, vitamin B12, biotin, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), choline chloride, inositol, calcium iodate, manganese sulfate, magnesium carbonate
food sticks
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 40% Min.
Crude Fat 4% Min.
Crude Fiber 3% Max.
Moisture 10% Max.
Ash 12% Max.
Ingredients: white fish meal, shrimp meal, wheat flour, corn, alpha starch, rice bran, brewer's dried yeast, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), riboflavin, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), choline chloride, inositol, calcium iodate, manganese sulfate, magnesium carbonate
shrimp pellets
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 33%
Crude Fat 6.7%
Crude Fiber 6.3%
Moisture 10%Max
mysis
Crude Protein Min 3.70%
Crude Fat Min 0.44%
Crude Fiber Max 0.30%
Moisture Max 92.00%
Dry Protein 46.25
squid
Crude Protein Min 16.30%
Crude Fat Min 0.44%
Crude Fiber Max 0.30%
Moisture Max 92.00%
Dry Protein 82.32%
silversides
Crude Protein Min 13.65%
Crude Fat Min 1.67%
Crude Fiber Max 0.24%
Moisture Max 81.23%
Dry Protein 72.72%
bloodqorms
Crude Protein Min 4.50%
Crude Fat Min 0.20%
Crude Fiber Max 0.70%
Moisture Max 95.00%
Dry Protein 90.00%
brineshrimp
Crude Protein Min 5.80%
Crude Fat Min 0.60%
Crude Fiber Max 0.25%
Moisture Max 92.00%
Dry Protein % 72.50%
krill
Crude Protein Min 7.50%
Crude Fat Min 2.80%
Crude Fiber Max 0.80%
Moisture Max 90%
Dry Protein 75.00%
mussel
Crude Protein Min 16.50%
Crude Fat Min 2.14%
Crude Fiber Max 0.15%
Moisture Max 86.00%
Dry Protein 75.00%
hikari
mysis shrimp
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
squid
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
Silversides
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
bloodworms
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 60% Min.
Crude Fat 0.5% Min.
Crude Fiber 0.9% Max.
Moisture 89.0% Max.
Ingredients: blood worms, water, beta carotene, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), riboflavin, thiamine mono-nitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
krill
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
brine shrimp
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 68% Min.
Crude Fat 1.5% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.2% Max.
Moisture 86.0% Max.
Ingredients: brine shrimp, water, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
A good quality pellet will always offer a better nutritional and vitamin content than any one or two foods.
According to tests there no discernable nutritional lose between frozen and freeze dried foods-Anne
sinking carnivore
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 47% Min.
Crude Fat 5% Min.
Crude Fiber 3% Max.
Moisture 10% Max.
Ash 17% Max.
Ingredients: white fish meal, shrimp meal, alfalfa meal, wheat flour, alpha starch, brewer's dried yeast, carotene, L-lysin, DL-methionine, fish oil, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, Vitamin K, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacine, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, vitamin B12, biotin, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), choline chloride, inositol, calcium iodate, manganese sulfate, magnesium carbonate
food sticks
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 40% Min.
Crude Fat 4% Min.
Crude Fiber 3% Max.
Moisture 10% Max.
Ash 12% Max.
Ingredients: white fish meal, shrimp meal, wheat flour, corn, alpha starch, rice bran, brewer's dried yeast, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), riboflavin, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), choline chloride, inositol, calcium iodate, manganese sulfate, magnesium carbonate
shrimp pellets
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 33%
Crude Fat 6.7%
Crude Fiber 6.3%
Moisture 10%Max
mysis
Crude Protein Min 3.70%
Crude Fat Min 0.44%
Crude Fiber Max 0.30%
Moisture Max 92.00%
Dry Protein 46.25
squid
Crude Protein Min 16.30%
Crude Fat Min 0.44%
Crude Fiber Max 0.30%
Moisture Max 92.00%
Dry Protein 82.32%
silversides
Crude Protein Min 13.65%
Crude Fat Min 1.67%
Crude Fiber Max 0.24%
Moisture Max 81.23%
Dry Protein 72.72%
bloodqorms
Crude Protein Min 4.50%
Crude Fat Min 0.20%
Crude Fiber Max 0.70%
Moisture Max 95.00%
Dry Protein 90.00%
brineshrimp
Crude Protein Min 5.80%
Crude Fat Min 0.60%
Crude Fiber Max 0.25%
Moisture Max 92.00%
Dry Protein % 72.50%
krill
Crude Protein Min 7.50%
Crude Fat Min 2.80%
Crude Fiber Max 0.80%
Moisture Max 90%
Dry Protein 75.00%
mussel
Crude Protein Min 16.50%
Crude Fat Min 2.14%
Crude Fiber Max 0.15%
Moisture Max 86.00%
Dry Protein 75.00%
hikari
mysis shrimp
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
squid
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
Silversides
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
bloodworms
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 60% Min.
Crude Fat 0.5% Min.
Crude Fiber 0.9% Max.
Moisture 89.0% Max.
Ingredients: blood worms, water, beta carotene, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), riboflavin, thiamine mono-nitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
krill
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 50% Min.
Crude Fat 0.8% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.5% Max.
Moisture 93.0% Max.
Ingredients: tubifex worms, water, vitamin B12, pyridoxine, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), beta carotene, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
brine shrimp
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 68% Min.
Crude Fat 1.5% Min.
Crude Fiber 1.2% Max.
Moisture 86.0% Max.
Ingredients: brine shrimp, water, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin
A good quality pellet will always offer a better nutritional and vitamin content than any one or two foods.
According to tests there no discernable nutritional lose between frozen and freeze dried foods-Anne
Nice Ann 
As long as you feed a variety of foods, you will be fine. I have 5 or 6 types of frozen, 4 types of pellets, 2 types of wafers, shrimp pellets, freeze dried stuff, and the occassion live shrimp, guppy, cricket, snail, or worm.
As long as you feed a variety of foods, you will be fine. I have 5 or 6 types of frozen, 4 types of pellets, 2 types of wafers, shrimp pellets, freeze dried stuff, and the occassion live shrimp, guppy, cricket, snail, or worm.
