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16-11-2015, 05:45 PM #1
good sturgeon food
I just wanted to post up and say I have just swapped over to Orchard Fisheries sturgeon food and its great, I've noticed a growth spurt in my fish and also they are much more active I am seeing them up higher in the water more often swimming around very happily.
only down side is the koi love it as well adverse effect koi are growth spurting as well so not all bad
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16-11-2015, 09:59 PM #2
hi i have just started to keep sturgeon and have brought 4 , two sterlet white tipped and two albino 10/12 ins the albino are eating well the white tipped i haven't seen them feeding yet i have had them for 8 days so its early yet so i am not to worried , they where all from the same water system , i have brought my feed of ebay and they all charge about £7pounds a kg with free postage.orchard fisheries charge £6 pound delivery .wot where you feeding them on before and as any one got any suggestions on wot to feed.
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16-11-2015, 10:41 PM #3
Hi m8 im not gonna make out im an expert but my experience is as follows. I had heard a lot of rumours about ebay sturgeon food being basicaly trout pellets which arent good. I was feeding mine a sturgeon mix from my local koi shop but it was only 42% protein and it contained fish oils didnt say what the protien was so i assume it was vegetable protien which with fish oil is ok but isnt the best and to be honest like yours i didnt see them eat much and they werent very active The orchard fisheries food is 45% protein and is made of fish protein so its given the sturgeon exactly what they need they have perked right up straight away theee more active eating more and noticably growing. I would and have def reckomened it.
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17-11-2015, 09:32 AM #4
thanks for your input and reading on other forums every one says orchard fisheries is the best ,the problem is every dealer you see on ebay makes out that there stuff is the right one . my sturgeon are very active but only two seem to be eating ,i will give orchard fisheries food a try ,by the way the albinos look very striking in the pond .
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17-11-2015, 11:21 AM #5
Ive got a pair of besta sturgeon they are a hybrid sterlet / beluga
something I did with mine when I first put them in the pond was put bloodworm in the pond it gave them some fresh live food to look for and didn't last too long.
give the orchard stuff a try, im going to be ordering my koi food from there and giving that a try once things warm up
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17-11-2015, 12:46 PM #6
hi i will see if i need any other food for the koi and order all at once its £6pounds delivery so the more i out on the order its still the same postage . i do put earth worms in and they eat them , the problem i will get is when i need to put them in the main pond as i get blanket weed , at the moment there in a quarantine tank 9ft x3x3 with a bead filter .my pond is 18x12x4. i am hoping when they get larger that they will be able to cope with some blanket weed ,i do take as much weed out as i can by hand .
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17-11-2015, 10:02 PM #7
If youve got blanketweed my friend a sure bet to get rid of it is cloverleaf blanket answer. I used to have realy bad blanketweek i now treat my pond with CBA once a year and it never comes back and its sturgeon safe. The stuff is amazing but dont follow the instructions on the bottle get the desired amount mix it in a warering can and pour it all around the edges of the pond wall. It makes the pond cloudy but dont be tempted to water change it it will clear but keep it in the pond for 10days and the blanketweed will be totaly gone
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17-11-2015, 11:05 PM #8
feed mine on OF food as well
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21-11-2015, 10:34 AM #9
If you're ordering your sturgeon food from OF then you could easily try their pink crystals for blanketweed- works extremely well and is safer than CBA (blanketweed answer). It's the only blanketweed treatment I would use in my pond.
I don't own any sturgeon but I buy my koi some sturgeon food to mix with the koi food for some extra protein in the warmest months- helps the koi grow like stink
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23-11-2015, 12:53 PM #10
The Daily pond temp thread
Pond still covered, currently 11.6C Been really mild this year as far as pond temps go. ...