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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    Ricky has touched on the subject of winter temps in one of the latest you tube videos,
    Saying either let temps drop to 12C or below, or heat to 18C and above as 13C to 17C are not good temperatures to hold koi at.

    Have you got a link Dave, don't think I've come across a Ricky on Youtube to be honest.

    Been looking for Saki Multi season Swell sell it 15kg for £220 use code OPTEXTRAFIVE for a Fiver off and its free P+P, I'm gonna go for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Koi View Post
    Have you got a link Dave, don't think I've come across a Ricky on Youtube to be honest.

    Been looking for Saki Multi season Swell sell it 15kg for £220 use cade OPTEXTRAFIVE for a Fiver off and its free P+P, I'm gonna go for it.

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    Koi wholesale videos mate

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Koi wholesale videos mate

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    Nice one AJM

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Koi View Post
    Have you got a link Dave, don't think I've come across a Ricky on Youtube to be honest.

    Been looking for Saki Multi season Swell sell it 15kg for £220 use code OPTEXTRAFIVE for a Fiver off and its free P+P, I'm gonna go for it.

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    Ricky Stoddart, at 45.41 in

    to much food for me 15kgs...
    i'll probably only use 5kgs december to april...

    did you ring to check the best before dates?
    they should be in excess of 12 months or it's last years stock.


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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    Ricky Stoddart, at 45.41 in

    to much food for me 15kgs...
    i'll probably only use 5kgs december to april....

    It should last though through to early/mid summer date be ok I should think ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Koi View Post
    It should last though through to early/mid summer date be ok I should think ?
    depends what temperature your at by early summer?
    i would rate multi season for winter (october to may ) but once temps are over 14 - 15C i'd be back on the balance.

    though i think Ricky said in a previous question time video he doesn't rate saki multiseason,
    to which people replied it would now be on sale everywhere as no one will buy it

    though his view on koi keeping can sometimes seem unwittingly skewed towards commercial koi keeping...
    not everyone has there pond in a gigantic poly tunnel...

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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    depends what temperature your at by early summer?
    i would rate multi season for winter (october to may ) but once temps are over 14 - 15C i'd be back on the balance.

    though i think Ricky said in a previous question time video he doesn't rate saki multiseason,
    to which people replied it would now be on sale everywhere as no one will buy it

    though his view on koi keeping can sometimes seem unwittingly skewed towards commercial koi keeping...
    not everyone has there pond in a gigantic poly tunnel...
    I may ring them and change the order then and I'll by pass my meter and run the pond at 24 degrees all over winter

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Koi View Post
    I may ring them and change the order then and I'll by pass my meter and run the pond at 24 degrees all over winter
    Sounds like a plan
    Up to you with the food, everyone has thier own ideas and what works for them...

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    Now all of a sudden everyone is buying saki foods, my latest orders have come with 2024 expiry dates, so plenty of time to get through 15kg.

    As most already know, I'll feed saki balance down to 8C, and my koi will be actively asking for food down to that temp, maybe down to 6C where they'll get earthworms and frozen mussels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    bit of an autumn bowl up preview,
    already posted in my build thread, but thought i'd show one of the results of saki hikari so far

    Nisai Otsuka Ginrin Chagoi added this year at 42cm.
    i didn't have the best start with 3 months of fluke treatments this spring, but she has grown to 57cm.
    hoping to hit the magic 60cm mark before the end of the year...


    Superb growth mate, that really is a chunk of growth to add onto a koi that was already a fair size.

    How much were you feeding per day in summer?

    Get her to 70cm and you can post on the 70cm thread Saki Hikari Summer Feeding Strategy

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS2OOO View Post
    Superb growth mate, that really is a chunk of growth to add onto a koi that was already a fair size.

    How much were you feeding per day in summer?

    Get her to 70cm and you can post on the 70cm thread Saki Hikari Summer Feeding Strategy

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    Cheers RS,
    I was feeding 300g a day for 5 yonsai and 6 nisai.
    And still am atm.
    Though i will start dropping back a bit when temps dip below 20C.
    Going to be end of next year if i'm lucky to get her to 70cm..
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    This might seem a bit premature...
    since i still haven't decided what winter food i'm going to feed if i drop below 10C...

    this summer i fed around 300g a day, based on their size and weight worked out to be around 2% body weight per day. and needed 30kgs of food for 3 months.
    with another 15kgs for the 2 months either side of 'summer'...

    so i've been working out what i'm going to be feeding next year, and how much i'm going to need.
    but at their now increased size and weight working on 2% a day i'll need to feed around 500g a day =15kg A MONTH!


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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    This might seem a bit premature...
    since i still haven't decided what winter food i'm going to feed if i drop below 10C...

    this summer i fed around 300g a day, based on their size and weight worked out to be around 2% body weight per day. and needed 30kgs of food for 3 months.
    with another 15kgs for the 2 months either side of 'summer'...

    so i've been working out what i'm going to be feeding next year, and how much i'm going to need.
    but at their now increased size and weight working on 2% a day i'll need to feed around 500g a day =15kg A MONTH!

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    Can I ask how or what you used for the chart/list of koi mate ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ajm View Post
    Can I ask how or what you used for the chart/list of koi mate ??

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    koi control app mate

    there's free and paid for versions
    https://koicontrol.com/en/

    i find it easier using the web version on my PC as i hate doing that kind of stuff on my phone...

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    Quote Originally Posted by davethefish1 View Post
    koi control app mate

    there's free and paid for versions
    https://koicontrol.com/en/

    i find it easier using the web version on my PC as i hate doing that kind of stuff on my phone...
    Cheers dave just downloaded it I'll have a look later Saki Hikari Summer Feeding Strategy

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    This years feeding strategy is going to be pretty much the same as last years, feeding mixture of saki growth, balance, and colour.
    with the addition of mealworms and the odd slice of melon, and occasionally some mussles as treats too.

    it's just the quantity thats changed...
    i'm currently at 24 to 25C and i'm up to about 400g a day. though slightly less on some days, depends on how ravenous they are...

    though the koi control app suggests a target of 650g to 750g a day...based on last autumns measure up
    but that would work out at around 100kgs of food over the next 4 months!
    but i think the app errs a bit on the high side....as i didn't feed as high as it suggested last year either, but still had good growth.

    i've budgeted for about 60kgs this year as i have 2 sacks of balance, a sack of growth, and half a sack of colour.
    but i'll probably get another sack of colour food at the national koi show in a few weeks.
    that would allow me to feed upto 1/2 a kg a day over 4 months, so i'll have to see how it works out...

    they certainly take a lot more feeding as they get bigger!




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    Im feeding tad less but will mix growth and colour as i have noticed a difference since stopped colour, i feed at 6am , 9am, 11am, 1pm ,3pm ,through auto feeder only 20g at min 40g around lunch time and i feed manually at 5pm 7pm then feeder at 9pm then its nothing till next morning starting low as temps only 16 and i want to get water levels right first

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    That's some serious grub Dave! I was feeding every hour and a half at one point from 5am till about 10pm but when I watched the fish they was getting diarrhoea, this was 30g per feed. I reduced to about every 2 hours and 15 mins and this seemed to fix it. I think whilst there is recommended amounts ultimately it's based on the behaviour.

    I know Ricky says in Japan they feed what the fish eat in 10 minutes and increase it as the fish eat it quicker so it takes 10 minutes again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leeoliver1979 View Post
    Im feeding tad less but will mix growth and colour as i have noticed a difference since stopped colour, i feed at 6am , 9am, 11am, 1pm ,3pm ,through auto feeder only 20g at min 40g around lunch time and i feed manually at 5pm 7pm then feeder at 9pm then its nothing till next morning starting low as temps only 16 and i want to get water levels right first
    mine don't feed much in the morning, even though i've tried to get them to take more they just leave it and i have to net it out.
    they eat most from 3pm to 10pm when it's lights out


    i only feed sparingly at 16C dependant on body, as they tend to put more girth on at that temperature, in favour of length.
    and wouldn't feed colour food at 16C as it's not cheap and it won't get the full assimilation needed to have it's greatest effect.

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