Thread: Any Opinions / Experience on this Protein Extractor / Foam Fractionator?

no help to you what so ever. but i only ever had foam problem when i restarted feeding in spring with wheatgerm .so this year cut back on the amount on each feed and no foam. i read that foam is caused by koi not digesting all the protein in there food. and as coppens wheatgerm has 40% protien . might try medikoi wheatgerm garlic belive it has 20% protein.

keith

Originally Posted by rolo

no help to you what so ever. but i only ever had foam problem when i restarted feeding in spring with wheatgerm .so this year cut back on the amount on each feed and no foam. i read that foam is caused by koi not digesting all the protein in there food. and as coppens wheatgerm has 40% protien . might try medikoi wheatgerm garlic belive it has 20% protein.

keith

They are getting exactly the same food as previous years, albeit more because they're bigger now.

Like yourself I have always understood the cause being protein from undigested food. But the point you made about cutting back on each feed is interesting - Did you still feed the same amount overall but spread over more feeds, or did you reduce the amount altogether?

The Dutch fella off Koi TV says foam is caused by bacteria dying off when there are big gaps between feeds. He said the reason you see much more foam in the mornings is due to bacteria die-off because you haven't fed since the evening before.

He reckons if you spread feeds out evenly over each 24 hour period, still feeding the same amount in total but split every 2 hours day and night etc, the foam problem will go away.

Hard to swallow that idea, but if it matches with your experience maybe there's truth in it.

i used to feed before work then again after work and it was chuck it in and off to work. since retiring put an auto feeder on and feed 3 times a day but not much and hand feed a little as well that's from spring till end of July. we then go four times a day feeding a little more plus treats of sugar puffs,calci worms and bread spread through out the day .
so yes without knowing i go the same way as the Dutchman.
Also the foam problem was always worse first thing in the morning clearing up by about 11am. first feed was 06:30 and second anything thing from 18:30 onwards. they have also grown quicker with the regime.

keith