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He's Orange!!!
Ok. I inherited 3 koi when I bought my house in July 2004. (Two
black/orange/white and one black/orange) I have carefully maintained my atrium pond and all are doing well. In August 2005 I bought a "bright yellow" koi and introduced him to the pond. He's growing and seems happy. I've been feeding them the food that is supposed to "increase the color" and now I find that my "yellow" is turning "Orange". My question: Will changing food eventually bring back his original color and, if so, how soon would that happen? Given that we are approaching the time when feeding will stop, am I looking at next year? Pat Fischer Olalla, WA |
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He's Orange!!!
"Patrick Fischer" wrote in message ... Ok. I inherited 3 koi when I bought my house in July 2004. (Two black/orange/white and one black/orange) I have carefully maintained my atrium pond and all are doing well. In August 2005 I bought a "bright yellow" koi and introduced him to the pond. He's growing and seems happy. I've been feeding them the food that is supposed to "increase the color" and now I find that my "yellow" is turning "Orange". ## I don't use color enhancing feeds and some of my koi deepened in color over time. My question: Will changing food eventually bring back his original color and, if so, how soon would that happen? Given that we are approaching the time when feeding will stop, am I looking at next year? ## If the food caused the change then stop feeding it to him/her. Probably a few months will be needed before his color returns to normal. -- McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killf..._troll_faq.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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He's Orange!!!
Thanks. I really liked the yellow color of this fish, especially at night
when the pond lights are on. He just seemed to glow. Any suggestions as to a preferred food? Pat Fischer Olalla, WA "Reel Mckoi" wrote in message ... "Patrick Fischer" wrote in message ... Ok. I inherited 3 koi when I bought my house in July 2004. (Two black/orange/white and one black/orange) I have carefully maintained my atrium pond and all are doing well. In August 2005 I bought a "bright yellow" koi and introduced him to the pond. He's growing and seems happy. I've been feeding them the food that is supposed to "increase the color" and now I find that my "yellow" is turning "Orange". ## I don't use color enhancing feeds and some of my koi deepened in color over time. My question: Will changing food eventually bring back his original color and, if so, how soon would that happen? Given that we are approaching the time when feeding will stop, am I looking at next year? ## If the food caused the change then stop feeding it to him/her. Probably a few months will be needed before his color returns to normal. -- McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killf..._troll_faq.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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He's Orange!!!
"Patrick Fischer" wrote in message ... Thanks. I really liked the yellow color of this fish, especially at night when the pond lights are on. He just seemed to glow. Any suggestions as to a preferred food? ====================== We use the much cheaper Catfish and Trout chows mixed with a small amount of kitten and or puppy chow. No one can say this isn't a good diet when they look at the health of my fish. Plus they're growing and reproducing like crazy. My yellows do stay yellow and the orange and reds have a deep rich color. Do keep in mind that koi can change color as time goes by. I remember a beautiful black and white koi with a nice red patch on it's head. What a beauty! By the time it was 3 or 4 years old it was the ugliest fish in the pond. The red patch got smaller and smaller until it disappeared and the black and white sort of blended into a motley looking dirty gray color..... UGH! I finally found a Pet Shop that took it for free. -- McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995... NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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He's Orange!!!
Thanks. I really liked the yellow color of this fish, especially at night
when the pond lights are on. He just seemed to glow. Any suggestions as to a preferred food? Pat Fischer Hi Pat, Good with a good quality feed that is also easy on your filtration so it doesn't ruin your clear water. I recommend Manda Fu, Sho Koi, and/or Hy Fang. I feed all 3. ~ jan Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ To e-mail see website |
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