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"Jack Schmidling" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:

Which duckweed do you have? Frilly edged or smooth?


It is commonly known as Great Duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza

According to your description, it should be readliy eaten by the gold fish
but is totally ignored.
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Both my GF and koi, fed twice a day, will eat every speck I toss to them in
minutes. They will not touch the frilly stuff. I grow duckweed in tubs
outside the ponds or they'd eat it all. Even the indoor fancy GF eat it in
minutes.

How can you know they're not eating it when your pond is so huge? They come
up under it and take a mouthful at a time. They would have to be right
where you're standing to see this, so don't get discouraged. You wont see
much of a difference with only 16 average size GF in your large pond. If
you can afford them, get a few half grown koi. They'll make a difference a
lot faster. :-)
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