On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:17:11 EDT, wrote:

only.

I wouldn't think one food source would have all the needed nutriments
needed. Please indulge with more info. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

krill are the itty bitty critters normally eaten by fish like koi. the krill eat all
the other plankton. of course my fish get to nibble on anything else in the pond
they want. krill are high protein, high fat. that is really all koi need.

I have been thinking about hanging a zapper over the pond to provide fresh roasted
insects for them more for the fun factor. Ingrid

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:06:22 EDT, ~ jan wrote:
I wouldn't think one food source would have all the needed nutriments
needed. Please indulge with more info. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:54:35 EDT, wrote:

krill are the itty bitty critters normally eaten by fish like koi. the krill eat all
the other plankton. of course my fish get to nibble on anything else in the pond
they want. krill are high protein, high fat. that is really all koi need.

I have been thinking about hanging a zapper over the pond to provide fresh roasted
insects for them more for the fun factor. Ingrid


I'm sure fried/BBQ bugs are carcinogenic. :-D ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

yeah.. not raw, not natural. actually, aquatic ecosystems has something with a
rotating string just knocks bugs senseless and drops them. so maybe that would
work.. as long as the bugs pass thru the netting!

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:21:19 EDT, ~ jan wrote:
I'm sure fried/BBQ bugs are carcinogenic. :-D ~ jan

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:54:45 EDT, wrote:

yeah.. not raw, not natural. actually, aquatic ecosystems has something with a
rotating string just knocks bugs senseless and drops them. so maybe that would
work.. as long as the bugs pass thru the netting!

Sounds interesting! Could you give me a hint as to how to find it?
I tried several searches using bug, insect, zapper, rotating string,
but wasn't lucky.

Some of my fish don't seem to be recovering from the shock of a heron
attack last winter. I would like to encourage more top swimming and
would think a treat randomly dropped on the top of the pond might be
helpful.
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"JB" wrote in message
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You're kidding, right? At those prices I'd go broke. I'll feed 20 pounds
of Sho Koi this summer.
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And with hundreds of koi young plus about 25 adults, I easily go through
50lbs a season.
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rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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