There are has been a great deal of research into substituting fish proteins with plant proteins, but I don’t believe we’ve gotten to the bottom of it yet. Also, did you know that chicken used to be a good source of omega 3’s when they were truly free ranging and their diet consisted if insects and other invertebrates? Fish are currently held as being good sources of omega 3’s, but what will happen to this if their diet is changed?
And so, it is not a good idea for manufacturers of fish food to be substituting. It does the industry harm and an unprofitable fish farm will eventually lead to unprofitable feed manufacturers as a flow on effect.
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Richmond Hi, Love yer blogs and as it happens we were talking about Koi food and protein at our last meeting. Basically if we purchased a proprietary brand of food we have to look at several things. Do we trust what is on the label, where do the proteins come from, are the foods treated if they are imported and to what effect, how long have the foods been sitting in a warehouse for? And the list went on. So here is a question for you hahaha sorry. For some reason the government has put a ban on ALL pre made fish foods and you have ponds of prize koi that need to be fed high quality food. Could you come up with a shopping list and menu for feeding your prized Koi from individual ingredients which can be purchased economically and locally. If you don’t have the time that’s ok but I am hoping you do.
Kind Regards
Peter Morris
KSWA Treasurer NB
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for your kind words.
I want aware that there’s a ban on importing koi food. There are numerous brands already available in Australia and I believe several individuals in the Koi Society of Western Australia do sell them too.
I think it’ll be difficult to manufacture your own foods on a small scale economically, although, koi diets do not require as high a protein content as most other fish feeds (except in summer where protein can be incorporated at up to 35-40%).
Imports may not be as bad as you think. As mentioned in the article, ingredient substitution can occur in locally produced foods. One ingenious idea a client of mine had was to import their fish feed instead of relying on local producers. The reasoning behind it was because of the strict Australian quarantine laws, ingredient substitution is not allowed for imported products. Clever man!
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