CHOOSING GOOD QUALITY FISH FOOD.....

[Mmathis]

I know that everyone has their favorite BRANDS of fish food. And/or the ones they avoid.

But in general:

WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR ON THE LABEL TO KNOW YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOUR FISH REALLY NEED?

And what DO fish need as far as ingredients, additives (vitamins, minerals, etc.)?
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NOT talking about "specialty" foods [like to enhance color, etc.] -- just a basic fish diet for general care.
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Have read a few articles, but some seem to contradict each other [and some were written by the manufacturers, so they tend to be biased]. What got me started on this thought-path was when I had teeny fry and I read the labels on the foods I had. Some listed as the first ingredient things like "dairy" products, "grain" products. Then, maybe down about 4 or 5 ingredients were things that LOOKED healthy such as "greens" or "animal" by-products. For babies, I figured they needed more protein than adults would need.

So, back to my original question....... What DO fish need, and how can you shop for this?

 

[Mmathis]

Hmmm...... No fishy dietitians today?

 

[capewind]

I did a lot of research over the years on DOG FOOD ... Do a websearch on the words of "what's really in dogfood" or "how to read dogfood lables" ... Once you understand the basics of what a fish would eat on its own, and how to read the ingredients, you'll be able to sort through the various articles you found.