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    mussels

    Allways bought the chilled ones from Asda but they have put their price up,so now go for their frozen ones 400gms for £2.20,grab a bargain.


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    These are the exact ones I buy.

    Fortunately my Koi are small enough that a bag lasts 3 weeks (feeding mussels twice a week), and at this price its far cheaper than Saki-Hikari!

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    Surprising how many you get in a bag.
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    Hay John
    How do you feed the mussels......chop them or throw them in whole?
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    No experience with feeding mussels to koi but when I tried them on some discus (that are infinitely more sensitive to health issues than koi) I had a problem, the dreaded and usually fatal discus whirling disease. I do not know if it is due to the high content of thiaminase (although I grated and blanched them before feeding to the discus).

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    How to feed mussels:

    https://youtu.be/jP-Ql01aTz8


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    Yep lol. Mint video rs

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    I get the Tescos frozen mussels.
    They go nuts for them!


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    Asdas fresh ones open the pack at the pond and they don't stop going lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    I get the Tescos frozen mussels.
    They go nuts for them!

    Found an even cheaper option, 3x 500 gram bags for £8 from farm foods. They don't always have them in stock but when they do I pick up 3kg for £16 and they last 4 to 5 months as a weekly treat.

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    That's the way to do it Rs

    You have some lovely koi there mate and growing well.
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    Ahhhh superb - another treat I will try and sort once I finish the damn pond

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    Are mussels any good for the koi or is it more just a treat that they love the taste of?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrHudson View Post
    Are mussels any good for the koi or is it more just a treat that they love the taste of?
    I'd say they are closer to a natural diet than pretty much anything else we feed.

    Below 8C through winter I feed nothing but mussels and live food and get some reasonable winter growth too.

    In summer they are more of a weekly treat than a daily diet as mussels don't properly replicate a natural diet but If my koi are in a situation where they are not eating pellets for whatever reason, they won't turn down mussels.

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    I'd say they are closer to a natural diet than pretty much anything else we feed.

    Below 8C through winter I feed nothing but mussels and live food and get some reasonable winter growth too.

    In summer they are more of a weekly treat than a daily diet as mussels don't properly replicate a natural diet but If my koi are in a situation where they are not eating pellets for whatever reason, they won't turn down mussels.

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    I’ll give them a go then. They get some silkworm from time to time but that’s about it outside of their pellets


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    Quote Originally Posted by MrHudson View Post
    I’ll give them a go then. They get some silkworm from time to time but that’s about it outside of their pellets


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    The treat list is massive of what they like
    Melon
    Orange
    Bread with/with out honey
    Cheeros
    Mussels
    Prawns
    Think nige tryed spinach the other week. Just for starters

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    and sugur puffs
    meal worms
    home grown strawberries
    got last bag of meal worms from e bay £12:45 kilo .
    i put last couple of hand fulls of meal worm down the return from easy pod that fooled em they were queing up were i normally feed them and the grub turned up at the other end of the pond.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rolo View Post
    and sugur puffs
    meal worms
    home grown strawberries
    got last bag of meal worms from e bay £12:45 kilo .
    i put last couple of hand fulls of meal worm down the return from easy pod that fooled em they were queing up were i normally feed them and the grub turned up at the other end of the pond.
    Haven't tryed strawberrys got some growing near the pond I'll give a go

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    water cress always goes down well
    the slow pond build thread

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    Tried mussels while fishing yesterday caught
    10 tench
    2 crucain
    and one flaming ell 4 foot long i hate them things.
    shall defo be trying them again..
    keith

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