Thread: Saki Hikari clouding water?

I think ive found the issue so i'll share here as it may help someone someday.

I have an autofeeder set up for twice in the morning when im not home and if it throws out too much it ends in the skimmer.

The saki hikari disintegrates in the water much quicker than my previous fish food.

Today i noticed the autofeeder was throwing out much more than it should, likely because the hikari pellets are smaller than previous, and because of how quickly it disintegrates, by the time i check the skimmer in the evening, there is no food there as its pretty much disentegrated into fines, which is causing the cloudy water issue.


Long story short, the food was getting stuck and disintegrated in the skimmer without me knowing....I think.

I would say you are wasting money feeding Saki Colour at this time of year. The concensus for best results seems to be to feed it for a Month at end of summer.

I tested various foods, nothing scientific just a small handful of pellets from various brands left in glasses of water. The Saki (multi-season, balance and growth) water remained the clearest by far.

Also bear in mind this time of year with temps fluctauting can cause all kinds of blooms and growths in your water that can cause cloudiness and discolouration, it is more common in fairly new ponds for the first 2-3 years so ignore this if you've been running a mature pond for years and these events are completely out of the ordinary.