Mine love peaches! No stone, of course, and no skin. Always buy organic stone fruits! Thank you for the article. Hello I have 3 ponds and lots of healthy koi in each. My smallest pond I have 10 goldfish. My medium pond I have 14 medium sized koi and my largest pond has 10 big koi.
I try to give them a healthy balanced diet while making sure they mainly get the pellets. I never heard that acidic fruit can cause ulcers. Me and many of my customers feed their koi oranges and never had any problems.
I agree with you that when you provide your Koi treats, try to variate. Once a week fruits, crustaceans, vegetables and so on. It are treats …. Are wild strawberries ok? They seem to enjoy them.
Both the koi and strawberries are small. I tear up the strawberries. I do know that vitamin C is an immune system booster, so anything high in vitamin C is good for fish. My koi eat the raspberries from my patch and seem to really enjoy them. I built an gallon or so koi pond and got some plants from a friend who has had a koi pond for years and got them established in the water.
I have good circulation with pumps and filtration. Hello Carl. I get this question a lot and the answer is long but I will keep it short and simple. Introducing koi in your pond would be the best around May and June and around September early October. In those months your pond conditions are the best. But be aware …. When I feed the oranges, do i leave the rinds on when I cut them? Not sure when you say leave the skin on means the rind or the skin of the oranges?
When you buy oranges wash them at home and cut them in 4 parts and provide them to your Koi with skin and rind. I have 20 Koi ranging from 20 years old to tosi. My Koi all come from Japan. I cut up a whole seedless watermelon as long as i can find them available, and believe me they have no problem getting in there and sucking that rind clean!!!
They love snacks! Feeding them fruit and vegetables is great for their immune system. Thank you for listing the foods above. I have been using chia seed to bind the tasty additions, instead of Knox gelatin, I was happy with the natural benefits of the chia seed and after there done eating the food around some seeds sprout under the water in the outdoor pond.
I read here you can give broccoli, and carrots to koi. Are these raw or cooked first? Could I add one to my gal pond, now and then, dissolved first of course.
Hi Berni. I would cook the Carrots and Broccoli first and provide small pieces to your koi. And your second question is not weird at all. The answer is yes you can but the dose can be tricky. Those dissolvable tablets have a dose specifically made for humans. But if you really want to provide your koi extra vit C, you can dissolve a tablet in water and sprinkle some of it over your food pellets just before you feed it to your koi.
Vitamins in pellets dissolve quickly when floating in the water. So feed your koi small portions. Thank you for checking out our product recommendations! Blue Ridge fish food pellets feature a balanced diet and color-rich formula. API Fish Food for koi and goldfish round our our top four koi fish food recommendations. On the more economical side of the higher-end foods, API is high in protein to help fish produce less ammonia waste.
These easy-to-digest sticks include wheat germ and taste great so our fish tell us. Ideal for all seasons and contains wheat germ. Koi fish eat just about anything they can get into their mouths. That said, freeze-dried shrimp might just be one of their favorites. Plus, shrimp are high in carotenoids, which promote the natural pink and orange colors in your koi fish. Eco Labs makes a blend of koi fish food that is perfect for summer months.
Koi Fish Blog. A Guide to Koi Fish. Table of Contents. Introduction to Koi. Raising Koi. Koi Feeding. Breeding Koi. Buying Koi. Types of Koi. Koi Products We Love. Koi Fish Gallery. Beans, peas and corn are very tough and so can cause irritation to the koi and the fish may not be able to digest these foods.
Koi will happily eat lettuce leaves, orange and melon. A high quality proprietary koi food is the best option to provide a regular diet for your fish. Feed your koi three or four times daily in the summer and in quantities which they will consume in just a few minutes otherwise uneaten food will pollute the pond.
This is a rough rule of thumb and your feeding regime should be adjusted to suit the needs of your fish. Keep a close eye on their enthusiasm for food and seek expert advice if you in doubt as to how to proceed. With patience you can tempt you koi to feed from your hand. The koi need to learn that you don't pose a threat to them.
When feeding your fish don't just sprinkle the food into the pond and then walk away as this does not give the fish the opportunity to get used to you being there.
Feed them when you have the time available to stay by the pond for while. Sit by the pond and feed a few pellets at a time.
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