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Old 16-06-2003, 09:00 PM
~ Windsong ~
 
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Default catfish food for koi :-)

In the last chapter: Just Me "Koi" picked up the keyboard and pecked
out:
:: I shared this with one of my friends who has always thought that I
:: was crazy given how much I spent on my Koi, and he had these two
:: things to say:-

## Some of us with a lot of good size fish find the exorbitant cost of
special koi feeds prohibitive and wasteful. Since so many people are using
the Catfish chow without any problems at all why not?

:: 1. Why am I even thinking about buying catfish food, I wouldn't
:: feed my pet dogs pig chow even though it costs a lot less would I?

## Pigs and dogs are totally different animals. Catfish and koi are BOTH
fish and the koi and goldfish thrive on the cheaper food.

:: I quickly reminded him how coyotes are same as dogs and they eat
:: anything....to which he came back.."Dogs have been domesticated
:: for ages and have lost their natural defense against the germs in

## This is total baloney! They only lose their immunity if they have some
disease or are raised in a totally germ free environment. Those selling
these outrageously expensive foods will always have a reason you should
SPEND, SPEND, SPEND! What will keep a coyote or wolf healthy will work for
our domestic dogs. In fact my dogs, aged 9 to 11 are thriving on the cheapo
dog food from Wal-Mart and table scraps. Who told me about this cheapo
dogfood? A woman raising coyote, dog, wolf crosses about 18 years ago.
That's what she was feeding all her breeding stock.

:: 2. What is the cost of Koi food compared to the cost of the Koi?

## Depends on what you pay for the koi and how much you pay for the food.
I don't think most people have ponds full of $5,000 - $5,0000 koi. Even
they would no doubt thrive along with their cheaper friends on the cheaper
foods. Buy hey, if you can afford a couple of small $80+ bags of koi-chow
over the summer go for it! :-)

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Carol.......
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