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25-10-2020, 02:15 PM #1
Koi treats
Hi Everyone
My filters are working well now even though flow is grim at 33% max lph on 100% pump power. They'll all be changed shortly for the rdf i should have installed in the first place ! But I've a bit of modding to do first with new side wall drain and return pipework.
I'm feeding 3 to 4 times a day and parameters are stable, fish visibly growing. Pond's at 21 degrees.
I'd seen a few videos with people feeding koi fruit. Mine love melon I've discovered you're just left with a stripped out hoop!
What else do people feed their fish outside of pellets?
Thanks
Jim
2700 G heated Nexus 220, EA 24 bead, 1m 2 tier bakki.
2700 G Above ground, Nexus 220, EA 24 bead, 1m 2 tier custom Evolve shower 9kW Thermotech ASHP
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25-10-2020, 02:42 PM #2
During the warmer months I was feeding mine some mealworm once a day, they loved them
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25-10-2020, 02:55 PM #3
I sometimes let mine eat a lettuce for fun, but I’m always wary of ‘diluting’ the quality of their diet with treats that are less balanced.
The water and filters tick along nicest when I keep things consistent, so mine have to make do with their koi food and the algae on the walls mostly2016 new 6000 gallon pond
https://www.koiforum.uk/pond-construc...ghlight=feline
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25-10-2020, 03:12 PM #4
mealworm, muscles, melon. dried shrimps. white bread. they don t like brown bread. which i don t understand why . better fed then me, and i love my grub.
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25-10-2020, 07:35 PM #5
I feed mine silk worm pupae as a test in the warmer temps. For smaller koi I crush the pupae and find these better than mealworms which get a bit ‘dusty’.
Cheers
GazHobby and business gone but when you’re hooked you’re hooked.
Always happy to help!!
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25-10-2020, 08:27 PM #6John
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25-10-2020, 11:13 PM #7
Thanks, one of my sons breeds zebra finches and the dried shrimp and meal worms etc in bulk for them are cheap as cheap can be. I suppose it's the "Koi tax". I noticed that even looking potassium permanganate to age some K1 recently. Koi branded £ 9.99 250g. Non branded lab supplies locally £4.99 500g. Such is life with koi.
2700 G heated Nexus 220, EA 24 bead, 1m 2 tier bakki.Last edited by jphamill; 26-10-2020 at 09:59 AM.
2700 G Above ground, Nexus 220, EA 24 bead, 1m 2 tier custom Evolve shower 9kW Thermotech ASHP
Every day feeding container?
Good shout, I'll have a look at Takazumi :)