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Guys
Firstly, I believe pellets in general to be overpriced diets for our fish which most hobbysits are TOO reliant upon, after all most are 70 percent wheat flour so its like giving fish three quarters semolina, whether wheatgerm or fishmeal based.
That said, as part of a diet along with alternative sources of food, ie cockles,mussels,QUALITY paste foods ( I make my own and Carp anglers from the UK amongst us will know all about high nutritional foods), along with pearl barley etc all go to make a BALANCED diet.
I dont believe colour enhancing additives are right for our fish full stop, neither do some of the leading breeders in Japan, but diet along with water quality and good pond keeping are the main issues. The cosmetics industry relys on the five percent we cant achieve ourselves,the remaining 95 percent being good diet, water intake etc and thats how I label colour enhancers
Furthermore, poor diet is I believe responsible for lots of ailmets like ulcers etc in our koi we otherwise blame other things for.
Regards
Kev
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