Goldfish flakes or tropical?

kevinoh33

my blood parrot doesn't eat his cichlid pellets so i gave it some tropical fish flakes. today i learned that my friend feeds his blood parrot goldfishflakes. i tried them and he ate them just fine. my question is, will the Goldfish flakes or the tropical flakes enhance the color more and is better for my blood parrot?

Lupin

What brands are these and what are the guaranteed analysis in each brand?

kevinoh33

ones tetramin(Goldfish) and ones topfin)tropical. they both say that they are color enhancing.

Lupin

What about the guaranteed analysis such as crude proteins?

kevinoh33

Goldfish flakes
min. crude protein 42%
min. crude fat 8%
max. crude fiber 2%
max. moisture 6.5%
min. phosphorus 1.1%
min. ascorbic acid 250 mg/kg

Tropical Flakes
min. crude protein 44%
min. crude fat 8%
max. crude fiber 2%
Max. moisture 6%
min. phosphorus 1.2%
min. ascorbic acid 96 mg/kg

kevinoh33

which is best?

Pleco_stomus

it seems ive been buying the wrong flake food! my wardley Goldfish flakes (need to get tropical) has-

min crude protein- 34%
min crude fat- 4%
crude fiber- 4%
max moisture- 9%
min. ascorbic acid (vitamin c)- 200mg

i dunno if this is good or iam starving my fish with the wrong food.

Lupin

For blood parrots, both are fine though not for herbivores unless provided them with those once a week. They seem to have chosen food with lesser protein content in it. Give other foods such as live foods a try.

Lupin

What fish do you have? I doubt it's a wrong food unless you are feeding vegetarians with those a lot enough to create digestive upsets. Just vary food diet.;)

Pleco_stomus

a j.d., 4 gold zebra danios, a cory (doesnt come up for flakes/eats shrimp pellets and algea wafers) and a pleco (same as cory + cucumber)

i bought wardley tropical fish flakes today, it has more crude protein than the Goldfish flake.