Whats your opinion on feeding this to cichlids?

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WJC05

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WJC05;1079989; said:
I feed this to my dog, looked through the ingredients list and really dont see anything that would be bad for the fish.. No corn or anything like that..

Take a look and see what you think...

http://www.onlynaturalpet.com/products/Innova-EVO-Dry-Dog-Food/204100.aspx

Just wanted some feedback.. Has fruits and vegetables and everything in it..
Click to expand...

LOL, I'm pretty knowledgeable about pet foods, and I know Innova is a good brand for DOGS, but I dunno about fish.

The main problem I see is that it has a lot of bird meat and fat, so I dunno if that's good for your fish long term.
You'd probably be best off with a high quality fish based dog food, though I don't feel right recommending dog foods for fish necessarily.
I'd also supplement with some natural frozen and live fish foods if you decide to feed this since it's not specifically formulated for the fish. Well, that's good to do whether you're feeding actual fish food or not anyway.
 
Have a thread about this floating around here somewhere. Feed the fish fishfood!!! Let the dog eat the dogfood. But let the cat eat the bird and or his food. Cats ROCK!!!!
 
Yeah like a said two days ago on a thread about feeding dog food to fish...

I wouldn't be worried about the nutrition as much as what a mess dog food will make in your tank. Fish food is designed not to disintegrate in water, dog food isn't. Therefore I'd be concerned it would leech a lot of nutrients into your water which will eventually rot into ammonia.
 
I wouldnt do it.
 
I wouldn't either...it's 22% fat!! :WHOA: Way bad for cichs.

(Copied from Innova ingredients list advertised at onlynaturalpet.com.)
Ingredients:
Turkey, Chicken, Turkey Meal, Chicken Meal, Potatoes, Herring Meal, Chicken Fat, Natural Flavors, Egg, Garlic, Apples, Carrots, Tomatoes, Cottage Cheese, Alfalfa Sprouts, Dried Chicory Root, Taurine, Lecithin, Rosemary Extract, Vitamins/Minerals, Viable Naturally Occurring Microorganisms


Nutrition Facts:
Moisture - 10.0 %
Protein - 42.0 %
Fat - 22.0 %
Linoleic Acid - 4.2 %
Omega 3 - 0.50 %
Calories - 557 KCals/Cup
 
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