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Spirulina for Koi (Fish)
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Digital ProductsI have sold Spirulina over the Internet since 1998. In most cases we have sold it for peoples private use as a health food and people have bought it for Koi.
I have used Spirulina as a health tonic since 1998. We have been feeding our Koi spirulina mixed with wheat germ for enhanced colour as well for improved health.
Here is an article from the Yorkshire Koi Society by Grant Fujita
The first part of this article comes from Koi January 1978, when it was found that Spirulina had some beneficial effects to Koi (fish) when added to their food. 20+ years on and much more research has been carried out on this algae and some of the findings are detailed in the second part of this article.
Spirulina 1978 by Grant Fujita
Recently, a new Koi food has been found to have some positive effect on the colour of Nishikigoi. The food is an algae called Spirulina. Spirulina has been tested and cultivated in Marine Life testing laboratories in Nigata. Spirulina has been found to have a high content of the carotenoid colour pigment, which is very effective on the colour of Nishikigoi. For a long time, Spirulina, as food, has been cultivated in the Republic of Chad in Central Africa.Analysis of Spirulina
71% protein, 8% fat, 16% carbohydrate, plus vitamins, a chlorophyll and carotenoid. Sprirulina was found to have a higher protein contend, better digestibility and had other ingredients good for Koi, compared to Chlorella another algae used as Koi food. Spirulina is also easy to cultivate and harvest.
Algae - Spirulina - Main carotenoid ingredient - Zeaxanthin
Algae - Chlorella - Main carotenoid ingredient - Lutein.
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In a test on Goldfish, redness can be divided into two main colour pigments. Astacanthin for red and Lutein for yellow. It was found that Zeaxanthin became the red colour pigment Astaxanthin. Lutein or yellow colour pigment will not change to Astaxanthin. The test showed that the red colour on the Goldfish or Koi is Astaxanthin. Zeaxanthin enters the fish body and becomes Astaxanthin.Spirulina has a large content of Zeaxanthin, which becomes the red pigment Astaxanthin. It was thought that Spirulina would have a positive effect on the colour of Nishikigooi. Dr. Hiroshi Yasumasa at the University of Tokyo performed a test in which Lutein and Zeaxanothin with Astacanthin were mixed with Koi food and fed for 35 days. The results are as follows:
Lutein plus food yellowish red yellow milkish white Astaxanthin plus food beautiful red, beautiful snow white The experiment showed that Zeaxanthin (Astaxanthin) heightens not only red colour but also the white colour. In Japan, there is a place called Ishiwa, which is well known for the beautifully coloured Koi. Recent research has shown that the reason for the colour heightened Koi was the presence of algae, which is similar to Spirulina, upon which the Koi fed. Further research will be conducted to verify this fact.
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Spirulina 2002
These tiny green spiral coils harvest the energy of the sun, growing a treasure of bio-available nutrients. This first photosynthetic life form was designed by nature same 3.6 billion years ago. Blue green algae produced the oxygen in our atmosphere allowing all higher life forms to evolve. It contains everything needed to evolve into it's rich diversity today.
This immortal life form has renewed itself for billions of years. In the past 20 years it has reintroduced itself to humanity. Spirulina contains billions of years of successful evolutionary wisdom coded in its DNA. It can be grown with brackish water and non-fertile land that cannot be used by any other crops. It can produce 20 times more protein per acre than Soya beans. If we can use unusable resources to grow the most powerful food on Earth, we can help stop cutting the last of the primordial forests to grow food by bringing Spirulina into our personal lives, we become part of the solution to improve the health of our planet.
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Why is Spirulina the most researched algae? Does Spirulina contain antioxidants? Phytonutrients? Probiotics? Nutraceuticals? YES on all counts.
It contains compounds like phycocyanin, polysaccharides and sulfolipids that enhance the immune system. Spirulina contains the most remarkable concentration of functional nutrient ever known in any food, plant, grain or herb. No other algae, blue-green or chlorella, has been the subject of such intense research over the past 30 years. Thousands of scientific studies. WHY? Unlike other algae, we can economically cultivate Spirulina all over the globe.Several years ago, the National Cancer Institute announced sulfolipids from blue-green algae like Sprirulina were remarkably active in test tube experiments against the AIDS virus.
Between 1993-1995 research showed natural polysaccharides in Spirulina increase T-cell counts, strengthened the immune system and raised disease resistance in chickens, fish and mice. The animal feed industry is embracing Spirulina as a new probiotic to replace overused antibiotic drugs in animal feeds. In 1994, a Russian patent was awarded for Spirulina as a medicine for reducing allergic reactions fro radiation in the children of Chernobyl.
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Sprirulina Powder Analysis
Physical Properties General Analysis Composition 100% Spirulina Protein 55-705 Appearance Fine Powder Carbohydrates 15-25% Colour Dark Blue-Green Fats (lipids) 06-08% Odour&Taste Mild like seaweed Minerals (ash) 07-13% Bulk Density .35 to .60 kg/lit Moisture 03-07% Particle Size 64 mesh through Fibre 08-10%
My comment:Well here you have it, what a wealth of information. Even so I have taken Spirulina powder for the last 8 years, I see Spirulina in a different light. I always knew taking Spirulina was the right thing to do, but now I am 100% convinced.
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