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About Our Fish Food...
With all the amazing specialty foods on the market, and lots of trial and error, we've come back again and again to the same food we've been using for 17 years.  While we've seen ingredient lists that "look" better, we've seen through the hype to realize why our food often outperforms the more expensive and exclusive brands.

Food ingredients in prepared foods are listed by weight prior to processing.  While a food may list Spirulina as a first ingredient, or high up on the list of ingredients, if it is wet, then you are not getting as much spirulina as you might think.  The same goes for Krill, Plankton, Kelp, and other wet or moist ingredients. Only when they are dried or powdered can you know you are getting what you expect. These foods can boast a larger proportion of spirulina, but you''ll see the results after feeding for a while.

Many popular bulk foods contain some great ingredients but also large amounts of soy, which is high in phytoestrogens. High estrogen levels in humans have been linked to cancer and other health problems it is high in sodium, and causes bloating in humans. Most prepared foods contain soy to boost nutritional levels and as an alternative to adding more oat or wheat flours.  Foods that substitute high quality meat or egg based proteins for soy may not yield the results you are looking for. Often foods will give with one hand and take with another, adding a larger portion of spirulina, but then substituting higher quality proteins with soy instead.  We try to look at all ingredients together, finding a balance.

Fish meal is a common ingredient in most prepared foods that provides an economical high quality protein that most fish thrive on. Better foods may list the type of fish used in their fish meal.  Most of our fish foods contain Salmon meal as the primary nutritional ingredient. Salmon is known for its high quality protein, its essential healthy fats that protect the heart and other organs and as a color enhancer in prepared fish foods.  

Formulated foods need to contain a certain amount of flour to be flaked or pelleted. Most fish food manufacturers try to push these ingredients further down on the list, usually by including wet or moist ingredients rather than the powdered forms. If food is clouding your tank, its time to try something new.

We feed flake to everyone, crushing it for our fry. Our fish prefer a thin flake that melts in their mouths, and even our holding females manage to get some. Some people complain that flake soils the water, but our flake allows us to actually do less tank maintenance. It also floats slowly through the water column, so fish that feed from mid-column can get their fill.  It is soft enough that fish that feed from the top can eat it as soon as it hits the water.  Plecos and farlowellas can be maintained on most of the formulations without the addition of wood in the tank.

So how did we choose?  Our fish have consistently made the decision for us. They devour our flake food over any other.  Treats of live and freeze-dried or frozen foods can be essential for some fish to lead a quality life, or to spawn, yet even when we treat our fish to live or freeze dried foods, they will usually prefer their flake.  Part of the reason may be the variety of foods contained in each formulation. Most contain egg, brine shrimp, krill, plankton, and spirulina in addition to their featured ingredient, and salmon meal. 

Customer have repeatedly complimented us on the unusuallly large size and spectacular color and health of our fish. We are proud to offer our staple and specialty flakes to add variety or form the cornerstone of your fish's diet. If you are interested in the same formulations in pelleted form, let us know.

To find out what foods we have available, check out our Dry Goods. To place an order, email us at
info @ georgiacichlids.com (minus the spaces) or click on this link.  We will respond you quickly.

--William MacLean, Owner