Anyone using Purina Aquamax fish food? Its a great deal at a store in my town but Id like to get some feedback on it before I buy a 50lb bag of food.
PURINA AQUAMAX
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I ordered Aquamax Largemouth from a feed store. I did not get it yet but it is 45% protein and 10% fat and 4% fiber which is about the same as what is in tropical fish flakes.
This topic came up before and there were a lot of haters but the thing is, I really did not listen.
This topic came up before and there were a lot of haters but the thing is, I really did not listen.
An update here on the aquamax. I made a purely economic decision and went with the 50lb bag. My finicky red devil took to it right away. It is usually very hard/impossible to get him to start on anything. only other thing he eats is the hikari cichlid gold. my other fish are also loving it. The only downside is that since this is a slow sinking pellet, the goldfish now very aggressively root up the bottom of the tank. makes a mess. Ive compensated by feeding less at a time and minimizing how much makes it to the bottom.
All my fish seem to love it and are more aggressive at feeding time and eating more.
All my fish seem to love it and are more aggressive at feeding time and eating more.
I'ver been feeding it to cichlids for well over a year now, although I buy it in smaller packets (1 or 2 lbs) that the local feed store separates it into, rather than buying the whole bag.
While I won't argue the economics of a low cost farm feed, that's exactly what it is, a low cost farm feed, that consists of low cost ingredients.
I could formulate a fish food with those exact same crude percentages, and higher, that consisted of nothing more than terrestrial plant matter, which by & large would rate extremely low in total digestibility for the vast majority of tropical fish species.
As an example, the crude protein % alone doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the protein (as in how much if any a fish can utilize & assimilate) it's nothing more than a nitrogen value, determined by someone wearing a white lab coat. The true value of any protein is directly related to the amino acid content, which can vary greatly from one ingredient to the next.
Also, while a food may appeal to a fishes olfactory senses & taste buds, the same could be said about soda pop & potato chips, and children. With 10% crude fat content (quite often sprayed on to farm feed after processing) it's little wonder why it appeals to the fish, but that doesn't equate to it being a "good" food.
If I owned a large pond I would use a farm feed (but not Purina), and not in a closed system such as an aquarium.
You asked for feedback, that's mine.
I could formulate a fish food with those exact same crude percentages, and higher, that consisted of nothing more than terrestrial plant matter, which by & large would rate extremely low in total digestibility for the vast majority of tropical fish species.
As an example, the crude protein % alone doesn't tell you anything about the quality of the protein (as in how much if any a fish can utilize & assimilate) it's nothing more than a nitrogen value, determined by someone wearing a white lab coat. The true value of any protein is directly related to the amino acid content, which can vary greatly from one ingredient to the next.
Also, while a food may appeal to a fishes olfactory senses & taste buds, the same could be said about soda pop & potato chips, and children. With 10% crude fat content (quite often sprayed on to farm feed after processing) it's little wonder why it appeals to the fish, but that doesn't equate to it being a "good" food.
If I owned a large pond I would use a farm feed (but not Purina), and not in a closed system such as an aquarium.
You asked for feedback, that's mine.
An update on the aquamax. My fish are growing and even a little more active. Im a fan of the stuff. My pleco has picked up an interesting behavior too. He actually goes to the top with the other fish at feeding time and eats the pellets while staying up top. He'll float there in a vertical position while he chews up one pellet after another. Ive never seen a pleco surface feed like this.
I won't feed my dogs crap like Purina so I won't be feeding my fish that has anything with the Purina name on it..
The one I feed is Purina Mills Aquamax Largemouth. The pellets are really hard and almost bigger than dog food. I have to put the pellets in water first and let them soften up. About 60 percent of my fishes are eating it.
The plus side of this Purnia Mills food is that I bought 40 pounds of food for only $38 dollars and some change. The owner was like, that is cheap dont you think? Looks like i dont have to buy a lot of fish food for a while and it will really help in bringing down the costs.
Is there wheat, corn or soy fillers in it? I am all against feeding such to my fish.
I really think it does more harm to the fish that we would realize, I am not a fish expert, but, I would bet that their digestive system is not engineered to deal with such fillers.
I really think it does more harm to the fish that we would realize, I am not a fish expert, but, I would bet that their digestive system is not engineered to deal with such fillers.