Online source for inexpensive fish food?

17 years ago

I am looking for a source for fish food for my MIL. Her pond has been getting more and more crowded and she does not want to get rid os any fish, so they are making it larger, but it is going to cost thema mint to feed these guys. ANy suggestions on where to get it in bulk?

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ccoombs1

17 years ago

OK...here's the difference between cheap food and good food. Read the ingrediants. If corn (or processed plant protein) shows up in the first 3 ingrediants, don't buy it. wheat germ is fine....but not corn. Koi and goldfish can't digest corn so it all just passes through them as waste, and the excess waste overloads the filters. You want to feed a good quality food that is highly digestible. If you buy cheap food, you are paying good money for fillers. It would be sort of like if you bought a pound of steak for $5.00 but it had been pumped full 8 oz of water. What you have actually done is paid $5 for 8 oz of water and 8 oz of steak. Same deal with fish food. Why pay good money for something that is going to pass right through the fish and end up in the filters? Pond fish food is extremely unhealthy for goldies and koi. it has too much fat in it and will cause fatty liver disease (in addition to clogging the filters). The azoo food I listed above is a good product. It is not loaded with fillers and is not hard on the filters. My koi did very well on it last summer.

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ccoombs1
17 years ago
Aquatic eco-systems sells 44 pound bags of AZOO growth food for $45 or so, plus shipping. You can't get much cheaper than that. It is a very high quality food too.

Here is a link that might be useful: AZOO koi food
bugsb
17 years ago
Here is my source of fish food. Her name is Bonnie J. Simon and her email address is bonzai2004@hotmail.com. I have looked elsewhere and cannot find it cheaper. I just ordered some from her at $40 for ten pounds and she is throwing in 3 pounds more free. There is shipping and tax so mine is $50 with everything. I think she has smaller sizes also. I just prefer to have extra on hand. Hope this helps. By the way some people don't feed their fish anything and say they survive on just the algae etc. It may be I am just a soft touch and spoil them.

Here is a link that might be useful: My pond the way it was before the freeze.
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17 years ago
Try the local feedbarn, ours carries several choices of koi food.
tranquility
17 years ago
alot of the farm and ranch type stores have started carrying koi food....but, just remember there is a difference between pond chow and koi food....
Lawanna
bugsb
17 years ago
Lawanna,
What is the difference? Is pond chow harmful to goldfish? I ask this because I don't have Koi only goldfish and I checked at a local grain store today who says they carry fish food at $30 for 50 pounds that would be fine for goldfish.

Here is a link that might be useful: My pond the way it was before the freeze.
patricia_mi
17 years ago
The Koi I have in my pond sure have been looking good. I have not seen any sign of them yet? I found a good supply of Koi food at out local TSC. Perhaps there is one near your area? The ice has just now melted , so I will be looking for them :)Oh, I paid $25.00 for 50 lbs. of Koi food last summer :)
bugsb
17 years ago
An article worth sharing for feeding of Koi and others.....
You might want to read that posting regarding corn etc....

Here is a link that might be useful: My pond the way it was before the freeze.

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