Color Enhancing Koi Food

Excellent Color Enhancing, Daily Diet For All Types Of Koi & Pond Fishes

Hikari Gold is a daily diet, developed through years of koi breeding and showing, to meet the nutritional needs of koi while providing excellent color enhancement. Hikari Gold will bring out the best in your koi and bring you the success you've dreamed of!

• Floating Pellet That Will Not Cloud The Water: Helps eliminate over-feeding; Reduces water quality problems
• Color Enhancement: High in carotene; Brings out natural, brilliant colors while reducing washed out colors
• Contains Stabilized Vitamin C: Promotes resistance to stress and resistance to infectious disease
• Excellent Daily Diet: Outstanding nutrition; High protein levels; Improved growth rates & form.

Feeding Suggestions: When your water temperature is consistently above 60°F but below 70°F, feed one to two times daily. When the water temperature stays above 70°F, feed two to four times daily. Warmer temperatures translates to more activity and the need for more food. Always remove all remaining food after the feeding period to avoid over-feeding and the water quality problems associated with this action.

Hikari Saki-Hikari has been developed as a result of decades of first hand breeding experience and considerable insight from a number of Japan's top breeders. Saki-Hikari is the diet used by the All Japan Koi Show Grand Champion winners in back to back shows dating back to 2003. If you want the VERY best for your koi, look no further than the leader in koi nutrition worldwide, Hikari.

• Exacting amounts of specially selected color enhancing ingredients promote vivid coloration
• Highly digestible and easily assimilated
• No negative impact to the Siroij.
• Contains a source of live (viable) naturally occurring microorganisms.
• Use in water temperatures above 68°F.

Offering both superb and easily controlled color enhancement, Premium is packed with the highest quality of marine and vegetable proteins to double as a strong growth food. Dainichi’s standout two-step application of crucial vitamins and minerals, notably Vitamins C and E, fortifies your Koi’s vibrance, sheen, and whites, bringing out their best. Also, includes calcium montmorillonite clay, replicating the natural ingestion of mineral particles and working to contain metabolic toxins. Fortified with raw, full-strength vitamins, digestive enzymes, and garlic to bolster your Koi’s health and guard against internal parasites. 

From 60ºF +, serve your koi as much as they will eat in five minutes. Ingredient list includes white fish meal, wheat germ and flour, krill, pea protein, spirulina, brewer’s yeast, calcium montmorillonite clay, assorted vitamins and minerals, garlic, protease, and natural gum. 

A three-way mix of our most popular koi foods, APG Mix eliminates any decision-making processes. Equal parts of staple, growth an show formulas, APG offers a convenient sample of the All-Season, Growth Plus and Premium koi foods, enabling koi keepers to satisfy the absolute widest array of their prized koi's needs.

ALL-SEASON is an excellent year-round source of easily assimilated marine and vegetable proteins, as well as vitamins C and E. Spirulina and shrimp meal give this formula both mild color enhancing property and a moderately high protein content, making it especially great for colder weather when koi's metabolism is less active. As with all other Dainichi koi foods, the addition of calcium montmorillonite clay and un-cooked digestive enzymes give ALL-SEASON an unmatched digestion rate. Enhanced with vitamins and minerals essential to healing skin blemishes and abrasions, ALL-SEASON will maintain your koi in their top form.

PREMIUM is an overall color, growth, and maintenance food. It can be used alone or in conjunction with other more specialized formulas like GROWTH PLUS or PRIMARY. PREMIUM combines a perfect balance of color and growth, and is an ideal food for keeping your koi in show quality condition. Featuring five sources of protein, of which spirulina, krill, and shrimp meal are also color enhancing, this formula is an all-time favorite with serious hobbyists and many top Japanese koi breeders. A two-step application of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins C & E ensures that luster, sheen and white are at their best. The addition of calcium montmorillonite clay, garlic and fully active, un-cooked digestive enzymes, makes this formula virtually un-beatable in terms of digestion and performance.

GROWTH PLUS contains a unique blend of montmorillonite clay, white fish meal, krill, and shrimp . This formula provides your fish with a high amount of marine protein which promotes both rapid growth and color enrichment. GROWTH PLUS also features an appetite-enhancing nutritional coating containing calcium montmorillonite clay and un-cooked digestive enzymes which facilitate the highest degree of digestibility. Growth Plus will not foul the filter or water. It is suggested for use during the warmer or high growth months.

Usage: In temperatures of 60°F and above, feed fish as much as they will eat in 5-10 minutes, 2 or more times daily.

Color Intensifier is a super-charged color-boosting feed, densely packed with cultured spirulina and Antarctic krill. It's also packed with calcium montmorillonite clay, mimicking the Koi’s natural ingestion of mineral particles. This nifty addition also binds and neutralizes potentially harmful metabolic toxins. Also included is raw, full-powered vitamins, digestive enzymes, and garlic to ensure your Koi are in top-notch health, free from unseen internal parasites. 

Ingredients include include white fish meal, wheat germ, krill, wheat flour, spirulina, krill, soybean meal, brewer’s yeast, powdered milk, calcium montmorillonite clay, mixed vitamins and minerals, garlic, protease, and natural gum. 

• Based on Nutritional Science for Koi to Unfold Their Natural Beauty, Promote Original Colors and Improve Skin Quality
• Revive Dermis Layer to Create and Ideal Environment to Carry Out Effective Pigment Synthesis
• Satisfy Nutritional Demands for the Coloration Processes
• Healthier Nerve and Skin Cells to Allow Natural Distribution of Color Pigments
• Rich Nutritional, Highly Digestive, and Very Palatable NON-GMO Ingredients

Ingredients:

Wheat, Fish Meal, Poultry Meal, Peas, Dried Beans, Fish Oil, L- Lysine Monohydrochloride, Vitamin Premix (Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, L-Ascorbyl- 2-Polyphosphate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione nicotinamide bisulphite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Mineral Premix (Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Cobalt Sulfate), Yeast Extract, DL-Methionine, Choline Chloride, Calcium Propionate, and Astaxanthin.

Blue Ridge Platinum Pro is a professional, fish meal-based diet formulated for discerning koi keepers that want the very best for their fish. This is a higher protein formula that will provide your koi with exceptional growth, nutrition and coloration. It contains everything needed to keep your fish in top show condition including top quality protein, carbohydrates and amino acids. It contains proven color enhancers Spirulina and Canthaxanthin for superior color enhancement. Also includes Primilac, a probiotic immune stimulant designed to protect koi from sickness and disease. Available in pest-proof 4.5 pound plastic jars and 14 pound plastic buckets with resealable lids.

This food is available in the standard pellet only 3/16" size pellet. In manufacturing of the pellets there is an allowance of 1/32" either way in diameter.

This diet contains the same ingredients as the growth food but we've added three proven color enhancers, marigold extract, spirulina, and canthaxanthin. Feed this food for 30 days and watch the reds on your koi and goldfish intensify. This food is available in the standard pellet only 3/16" size pellet.

Superior Color Enhancing Supplemental Diet For Koi

Hikari Spirulina is a superior color enhancing formula using natural color enhancing ingredients extracted from pure, cultured spirulina and carotenoid NS germ which when blended together produce this outstanding diet.

• Floating Pellet That Will Not Cloud The Water: Allows easy monitoring of amount eaten; Helps eliminate over-feeding; Reduces water quality problems; More Economical.
• Color Enhancement: High in pure, cultured spirulina, a natural color enhancer; Rich in NS germ; Brings out the most vibrant, natural colors; Will not affect the white areas of the fish; Will add beauty and luster to the skin.
• Contains Stabilized Vitamin C: Promotes resistance to stress; Promotes resistance to infectious disease; Promotes a long, healthy life.
• Excellent Daily Diet: Outstanding nutrition; Easily digested; Promotes championship form and color.

Feeding Suggestions: When your water temperature is consistently above 70°F, feed two to four times daily. Warmer temperatures translate to more activity and the need for more food. Always remove all remaining food after the feeding period to avoid over-feeding and the water quality problems associated with this action.

A professional use, supplemental daily diet intended to help finish the Shiroji (white) of your championship-grade koi while enhancing the depth and brilliance of the skin.

• Contains our proprietary "Hikari-Germ" a live (viable) naturally occurring microorganism (probiotic) and a uniquely blended ingredient mix offering extremely efficient nutrient utilization
  
• A uniquely balanced diet rich in the necessary nutrients to support immune system health
  
• Contains a traditional Japanese health food ~ extract of pickled Japanese apricot, which naturally contains Apricot- Polyphenol and higher levels of Citric Acid and support efficient metabolism in Nishikigoi, an important first step in developing desirable Shiroji (white area)
  
• Includes Milled Sesame Seed which is high in antioxidants koi can utilize and helps improve skin gloss and luster
  
• The "Hikari-Germ" remains active in the waste making it more powder-like and easier for your biological action to decompose due to the higher surface area
  
• Excellent for finishing the Shiroji of koi and perfect for use following Saki-Hikari® Deep Red™ feeding
  

FEEDING:
Use of Saki-Hikari Pure White with our other Saki-Hikari diets is recommended to experience the maximum Hikari Germ effect. The use of color enhancing diets will reduce the impact of Saki-Hikari Pure White.

Above 64°F - Feed two to four times daily based on the activity level of your koi.

Between 54°F and 64°F - Feed  two to four times daily based on the activity level of your koi. For best results, try to feed during the warmest part of the day.

Between 41°F and 54°F - Carefully regulate the amount fed based on the activity level of your koi and your pond conditions. Extreme care should be taken to avoid over-feeding in this temperature range.

A supplemental floating diet intended to help finish championship-grade koi prior to a show. If your koi needs an extra pop of color, this probiotic enhancing diet should be your first choice!

• Contains our proprietary "Hikari-Germ" a live (viable) naturally occurring microorganism (probiotic) and a uniquely blended ingredient mix offering extremely efficient nutrient utilization
  
• A uniquely balanced diet rich in the necessary nutrients to support immune system health
  
• Contains a precise amount of select, pure-cultured spirulina which naturally contains concentrated levels of carotenoids to help your koi develop more rapid and deep coloration
  
• The "Hikari-Germ" remains active in the waste making it more powder-like and easier for your biological action to decompose due to the higher surface area
  
• Excellent for finishing koi during the warmer weather months of the year
  

FEEDING:

For best results use Saki-Hikari Deep Red when your water temperature is consistently above 20°C (68°F). As this diet offers an extreme color enhancing effect it is meant to be used as a supplemental feed only. Remember, higher levels of Saki-Hikari Deep Red will provide more aggressive color enhancement and exclusive feeding of Saki-Hikari Deep Red may cause discoloration on the Shiroji (white areas of the koi).

Hikari Excel is a scientifically developed, color enhancing diet. An easily digestible food produced from a mixture of highly nutritious wheat-germ and pure cultured spirulina. After a month of daily feeding it can produce ideal coloration of your koi. Hikari® Excel , simply the best!

• Floating Pellet That Will Not Cloud The Water: Allows easy monitoring of amount eaten; Helps eliminate over-feeding; Reduces water quality problems; More Economical.
• Color Enhancement: High in pure, cultured spirulina, a natural color enhancer; Rich in vitamin E derived from select wheat-germ; Promotes rapid color enhancement; Helps develop extraordinarily glossy appearance and luster to the skin; Great for use prior to showing koi.
• Contains Stabilized Vitamin C: Promotes resistance to stress; Promotes resistance to infectious disease; Promotes a long, healthy life.
• Excellent Daily Diet: Superior nutrition; Easily digested and assimilated; Promotes balanced growth and full natural potential.

Feeding Suggestions: Feed up to four times daily based on your water temperature and koi activity level. Warmer temperatures translate to more activity and the need for more food. Feed no more than your fish will consume within three to five minutes. Always remove all remaining food after the feeding period to avoid over-feeding and the water quality problems associated with this action.

Color Pro is a top-tier koi feed designed to amplify their beauty and physique. This unique formula, featuring a prime blend of Antarctic krill and 100% cultured spirulina, produces striking red hues in koi varieties like Kohaku, Sanke, or Showa. Due to its potency, it should be used only sparingly or when needed to condition fish that are down in color. Color Pro can be used independently or, even better, alongside All-Season or Growth Plus formulas. 

For optimal results, feed your fish as much as they can consume in five minutes, two or more times daily, when the temperature is at least 65° F. 

Premium Pro is a versatile feed that supports your koi’s color, growth, and maintenance needs. It’s designed to work wonders independently or as a perfect companion to our other formulas. This heartily crafted mix of krill, spirulina, and white fish meal brings a noticeable sparkle, gloss, and brilliance to your Koi’s appearance. With the added benefit of montmorillonite clay, even better growth and digestion for your Koi is assured. The clay supplies an extra dash of essential minerals, including calcium, pushing your Koi’s health and vibrancy to new heights.

From 55ºF +, generously serve your Koi as much as they can eat in five minutes. The ingredient list includes white fish, whole wheat flour, wheat germ, krill meal, pea protein, brewer’s yeast, calcium carbonate, montmorillonite clay, garlic, and vitamins and minerals.  

Growth & Color floating pellets are a nutritionally complete and balanced fish food formulated to meet the requirements of Koi. The unique formula is a scientific blend of quality protein sources, minerals and vitamins such as Spirulina, Vitamin E, and ascorbic acid (stabilized Vitamin C). Amino acids are also added to help assist in nutrient absorption. Daily feeding of Growth & Color food helps to support growth and maintain bright colors in fish while also helping to reduce waste in your pond.

• Balanced & complete diet specifically formulated for all types of pond fish
• Never Clouds Water - No Corn
• Pellets soften quickly so even the smallest fish can eat them
• Formulated for Maximum Growth & Color

Ingredients: Wheat, Fish Meal, Soy Protein Concentrate, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Hydrolyzed Feather Meal, Wheat Middlings, Limestone, Fish Oil, Wheat Germ Meal, Spirulina, Soy Lecithin, dl-Methionine, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, dl-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E Supplement), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K Activity), Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Ethylene-diamine Dihydriodide, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C).

Aquatic Nutrition Blackwater Color Enhancing fish food is meticulously formulated to enhance the vibrant colors of your koi, goldfish, and even Cichlids. Premium special ingredients are designed to bring out the necessary hues for competitions or simply to showcase your fish at their finest. For optimal results, use this diet for up to two months before a show or competition. With four different natural color enhancers included in generous quantities, this formula intensifies red and yellow tones. Unlike some color-enhancing diets that skimp on ingredients, ours contains over 30% of these enhancers for superior results.

• Floating pellet
• Color enhancing
• Available in medium and large pellet

Tetra Koi Vibrance meets the exact requirements of Koi which are kept in the U.S. climate. They provide a completely natural and nutritional diet, but contain a higher protein level and a natural color enhancer to keep Koi as active, healthy, and colorful as nature intended.

A highly nutritional diet that brings out vibrant reds and yellows on Koi and ornamental goldfish.

Tetra Color Flaked Food is a high quality color enhancing diet in flaked form. This food is formulated to create superb fish coloration by bringing out the vibrant reds and yellows. Tetra Color Flaked Food is an ideal diet to enhance the color of the smaller fish in your pond and can be fed whenever water temperatures are above 50°F.

The primary meal for goldfish and small Koi.