Thread: 2025 Cost/Kg survey

Originally Posted by davethefish1

seen there's a 'new' koi food doing the rounds on facebook and you tube.
'nutramare' £85 for 10kg
https://nutramare.co.uk/

shpeel says it's a german brand, the ingredients look a bit different,
the price isn't bad but i still think it's a bit close to saki prices to be a field tester for them
maybe when it's had 10 years results and won awards with fish at shows...
plus coppens being german and the only koi food manufacurer in the EU i know of....

It seems to be quite popular but to me it is still not cheap,£120 for 15kg.

Have to see how it fairs out.

IIRC Koi can only take a max of 37% of protein in their diet (as they've evolved with a varied diet). Any more and it's usually passes through and becomes additional waste/proteins to be skimmed off.

32-35%+treats is probably a good compromise - a solid base growth but then a varied boost.

Most of the growth feeds are around 45%.

The next question is what type of protein - I suspect that fish-originated and insect proteins are easier to digest for koi rather than animal such as chicken or other non-aquatic animal proteins.

Hakari Gold is 35% protein minimum. From memory Medikoi probiotic is 37% but animal-originated meal.

Mine wander around the pond snacking on snails and insect larvae too.

I think fishmeal is the ideal protein source for foods, white fishmeal being the best but don't quote me on that.

Originally Posted by samp09

I think fishmeal is the ideal protein source for foods, white fishmeal being the best but don't quote me on that.

That's correct and you can quote me on that because Advanced Koi Nutrition is one of the courses I teach for Koi Organisation International.

Originally Posted by Martin59

For anyone interested Aller Aqua Primo 6mm is now back in stock since being sold out from at least March and at £42.20 with free shipping for 25kg is excellent and from what I’ve read it’s worth a try so I’ve just ordered a bag I’ll let you know how it goes

Keep us updated mate . I've got this year covered for food with shogun and sh balance that I've won ! So super cheap lol . But eventually will be needing some more i don't think I'll be spending on sh can buy a bloody car for less now !

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Originally Posted by Manky Sanke

That's correct and you can quote me on that because Advanced Koi Nutrition is one of the courses I teach for Koi Organisation International.

What would the ideal ingredients be for a koi food? I was looking into making my own pellets the other day out of curiosity and was thinking ingredients wise of something along the following:

White fish meal
Krill meal
Spirulina
Wheat bran

I didn't know what else after this but maybe salmon oil? I was wondering if you could make it yourself and save a load of money with control of what goes in, but lose a lot of time in return!