The End-All Be-All FH Food Listing

[IrnGynt]

Since I see so many "what's the best food for my FH?" threads and I've done tons of research myself I figured I'd sacrifice a little of my time to list the typical high-end fish food we consider along with ingredients and analysis (when available). Feel free to add anything I missed.

BTW, I didn't list them in any particular order.

Chingmix Headbooster SP100 PRO

Fish Meal, Shrimp Meal, Pure Spirulina Maxima, astaxanthin, Omega 3 EPA/DHA & Essential Fatty Acids (various HUFA), Soybean Meal, Corn Meal, Wheat Flour, Wheat Germ, Lecithin, Yeast, Natural bile acids, Multi Vitamins, Minerals, Soluble low molecular weight amino acids, Active enzyme, and Probiotics.
55% Protein


Chingmix Maxima SP100 PRO

Fish Meal, Shrimp Meal, Pure Spirulina Maxima, astaxanthin, Omega 3 EPA/DHA & Essential Fatty Acids (various HUFA), Soybean Meal, Corn Meal, Wheat Flour, Wheat Germ, Lecithin, Yeast, Natural bile acids, Multi Vitamins, Minerals, Soluble low molecular weight amino acids and Active enzyme.
55% Protein


Grand Sumo Red

White Fish Meal, Krill and Shrimp Meal, Seaweed Meal, Spirulina, Omega 3 & 6 HUFA, Fish Liver Oil, Brewer’s Dried Yeast, Rich Amino Acids (PHE, His, Iso, Leu, Arg, Trp, Met, Lys), Vitamin A,D,E, Riboflavin, Niacin,B6,B12,Biotin,Stabilized Vitamin C and Minerals (Ca,Cl,K,Na,P.Mg,ZN,MN,Cu,Se), Beta-Carotene, Astaxanthin, Cantazanthin, Phycocynin, Xanthophyl.


Guaranteed Content Analysis:
Min Crude Protein 45%
Max Ash 12.8%
Max Moisture 6.5%
Max Crude Fiber 3.5%
Max Crude Fat 3%

Grand Sumo Green

Fish Meal, Shrimp Meal, Soybean Meal, Multivitamins and Organic Minerals.

Guaranteed Content Analysis:
Min Crude Protein 48%
Min Crude Fat 4%
Max Crude Ash 15%
Max. Crude Fiber 4%
Max. Sodium Chloride 2%
Max. Moisture 11%

Omega One Cichlid Pellets

Whole Salmon, Whole Herring, Whole Shrimp, Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Fresh Kelp, Lecithin, Astaxanthin, L-Ascorbyl-2-Phosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Natural and Artificial Colors, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, Biotin, Inositol, Tocopherol (Preservative), Ethoxyquin (Preservative).


Min. Crude Protein….35%
Min. Crude Fat………10%
Max. Crude Fiber…….2%[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
Max. Moisture………. 8.5%
Max. Ash……………..8%

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[FONT=&quot]Hikari Cichlid Bio Gold+[/FONT]
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Fish Meal, Wheat Flour, Brewer's Dried Yeast, Gluten Meal, Spirulina, Fish Oil, Bacillus Subtillus, Enzyme, Garlic, Astaxanthin, Monosodium Glutamate, DL-Methionine, Vitamin A Oil, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K), Choline Chloride, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (stabilized Vitamin C), Inositol, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Niacin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Ferrous Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate.

[FONT=&quot]Crude Protein[/FONT] 45% Min
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fat[/FONT] 5% Min
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fiber[/FONT] 2% Max
[FONT=&quot]Moisture[/FONT] 10% Max
[FONT=&quot]Phosphorus[/FONT] 1% Min
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[FONT=&quot]Hikari Cichlid Excel[/FONT]

Fish meal, wheat flour, wheat-germ meal, flaked corn (processed), spirulina, dehydrated alfalfa meal, krill meal, brewer's dried yeast, enzyme, astaxanthin, garlic, DL-methionine, monosodium glutamate, and vitamins and minerals including stabilized Vitamin C.

[FONT=&quot]Crude Protein[/FONT] 35% min.
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fat[/FONT] 4% min.
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fiber[/FONT] 3% max.
[FONT=&quot]Moisture[/FONT] 10% max.
[FONT=&quot]Ash[/FONT] 13% max

Hikari Cichlid Gold

White Fish Meal, Wheat Flour, Wheat Germ Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Soybean Meal, Shrimp Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Carotene, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Choline Chloride, D-activated Animal Sterol, Folic Acid, Menadione Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Salt, Ferrous Chloride, Copper Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate, Aluminum Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate.

[FONT=&quot]Crude Protein[/FONT] 32.0% min
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fat[/FONT] 4.0% min
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fiber[/FONT] 4.0% max
[FONT=&quot]Moisture[/FONT] 9.0% max
[FONT=&quot]Ash[/FONT] 12.0% max

Hikari Cichlid Staple

White Fish Meal, Wheat Flour, Wheat Germ Meal, Brewer's Dried Yeast, Soybean Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, B12 Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Choline Chloride, D-Activated Animal Sterol, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite, Inositol, Para-Aminobenzoic Acid, Zinc Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Salt, Ferrous Chloride, Copper Sulfate, Cobalt Sulfate, Aluminum Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate.

Crude Protein min. 30.0%
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fat[/FONT] min. 4.0%
[FONT=&quot]Crude Fiber[/FONT] max. 5.0%
[FONT=&quot]Moisture[/FONT] max. 9.0%
[FONT=&quot]Ash[/FONT] max. 10.0%

Hikari Massivore Delight

Fish meal, krill meal, starch, fish oil, wheat flour, dried seaweed meal, spirulina, brewer's dried yeast, dried [FONT=&quot]Aspergillus niger[/FONT] fermentation extract, astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, DL-methionine, L-lysine, Vitamin A oil, Vitamin D3 supplement, Vitamin E supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K), choline chloride, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized Vitamin C), inositol, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, niacin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, ferrous sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate calcium iodate.

Crude protein 47.0% min
Crude fat 5.0% min
Crude fiber 3.0% max
Moisture 10.0% max
Crude ash 17.0% max
Phosphorus 1.0% min

New Life Spectrum

Typical Ingredients: Whole Antarctic Krill Meal, Whole Herring Meal, Wheat Flour, Whole Squid Meal, Algae Meal, Soybean Isolate, Beta Carotene, Spirulina, Garlic, Vegetable and Fruit Extract (Spinach, Broccoli, Red Pepper, Zucchini, Tomato, Pea, Red and Green Cabbage, Apple, Apricot, Mango, Kiwi, Papaya, Peach, Pear), Vitamin A Acetate, D-Activated Animal-Sterol (D3), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine, DL Alphatocophero ( E ), Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Niacin, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, L-Ascorby-2-Polyphosphate (Stable C), Ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Choline Chloride.

Crude protein 35% min
Crude fat 5% min
Crude fiber 6% max
Moisture 10% max
Crude ash 9% max

 

[Musha]

I love this post, however your title is a little much. This cant be the End all Be all when Hai Feng, Krill and others aren't listed. Anyway this is a good thread. I will PM you a few other foods. If you can get info on them, I will ask the mods to make this a sticky.

 

[IrnGynt]

I love this post, however your title is a little much. This cant be the End all Be all when Hai Feng, Krill and others aren't listed. Anyway this is a good thread. I will PM you a few other foods. If you can get info on them, I will ask the mods to make this a sticky.

Definitely shoot them my way! I'll look up Hai Feng. Forgot about that one. Just remembered Danachi too. I just listed the ones I could think of off the top of my head. Also, I was just going to list available prepared foods and their ingredients.

 

[fobrinkle]

Great post. Love being able to compare nutritional analysis so easily. When you add Hai Feng, Danichi and Krill see if you can add them to original post to make comparing them easier as well. Nice Work!

 

[IrnGynt]

Great post. Love being able to compare nutritional analysis so easily. When you add Hai Feng, Danichi and Krill see if you can add them to original post to make comparing them easier as well. Nice Work!

Thanks and will do!

 

[phobull]

Interesting, what if you feed them the hikki sticks and thats it? will the colour retain or change.

 

[fishnut]

I still don't understand why people would spend so much money on Asian imported fish food. I understand you want to give the very best for your fish and I totally agree on that part. But some fish are given those food in the hope for better color and head growth. Given the fish with good gene for color and good nuchal hump, what is the different between grand sumo or chingmix as compared to frozen shrimps, omega one or freeze dry krill? They are less expensive.
I test out my fish a few years back by feeding my fh koi food and I kept my water really clean. My fish had no problem showing his hump, which I knew it was a water head to begin with.

Fish food are not regulated by the FDA, so how do you know that the ingredient listed are actually in the food? How do you know that the food are not repackage with fancy label?

IMO spend a little more money on a better fh and so you don't have to spend money trying to get your fh better color and bigger hump.

 

[Miguel]

Great thread! More foods should be added, ie, Hikari sinking carnivore, sticks, Carni-sticks, etc
Dainichi- Always had great results.

As to NLS, is the content the same, whatever the pellet?

 

[phobull]

I still don't understand why people would spend so much money on Asian imported fish food. I understand you want to give the very best for your fish and I totally agree on that part. But some fish are given those food in the hope for better color and head growth. Given the fish with good gene for color and good nuchal hump, what is the different between grand sumo or chingmix as compared to frozen shrimps, omega one or freeze dry krill? They are less expensive.
I test out my fish a few years back by feeding my fh koi food and I kept my water really clean. My fish had no problem showing his hump, which I knew it was a water head to begin with.

Fish food are not regulated by the FDA, so how do you know that the ingredient listed are actually in the food? How do you know that the food are not repackage with fancy label?

IMO spend a little more money on a better fh and so you don't have to spend money trying to get your fh better color and bigger hump.

Cos we love Japanese products ^^;

 

[RD.]

No offense to the OP, but this thread is pretty much pointless, as every last commercial food on the market that can be fed to a CA cichlid, can be fed to a flowerhorn. That's a whole lot of companies/brands, and a whole lot of different formulas.

As to NLS, is the content the same, whatever the pellet?

No, as stated above, there are several NLS formulas that can be fed to a FH, from small fry food, to growth formulas, to adult maintenance formulas.

I also agree with Fishnut, some of you might be surprised what's in some of the foods being imported from Asia. In Canada we have strict import regulations in place, before a food from Asia can even cross our border the manufacturing facility has to be inspected by agents from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Most Chinese companies have refused them access. That alone speaks volumes to me. Melamine anyone?