I visited a couple of web sites pricing food for this season (Aqua Mart for
Hakari Staple & Western Pond for Sho Koi) and noticed a jump in prices.
Between the two, Western Pond was offering 10 lbs of Sho Koi for $56.98,
including shipping costs. This seems about $7.00 higher than last year.

What are you feeding? And, where are you buying it?

TIA

John

"JB" wrote in message
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I visited a couple of web sites pricing food for this season (Aqua Mart for
Hakari Staple & Western Pond for Sho Koi) and noticed a jump in prices.

The hobbyist pond owners are ripped off annually. Look at all the companies
getting on the bandwagon for a piece of the pie. I feed my outdoor koi and
goldfish a mix of trout chow, catfish chow (about $12 per 50lb bag) and
puppy and kitten chow. Check out my website to see how they're thriving and
breeding like crazy! Don't believe those who say you have to feed them tons
of the cheaper food to come near the overpriced products. That isn't true
at all. My filters don't need cleaning any more than when I was paying
outrageous prices for their food.

Between the two, Western Pond was offering 10 lbs of Sho Koi for $56.98,
including shipping costs. This seems about $7.00 higher than last year.

Head to your nearest Farm & Home store such as Tractor Supply and buy
there......

What are you feeding? And, where are you buying it?

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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are two Koi-Lo's on the Aquaria Groups.*
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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Head to your nearest Farm & Home store such as Tractor Supply and buy
there......

I took that advise, and it's been very beneficial. I think we got a 50 lb
bag for $6-$8.


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Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

Never yet have bought regular koi food for my koi in all the years I
have kept them. All I have ever fed is a localy prepared fish chow
that costs 5 or 6 bucks for a 50# sack........Ingredient for
ingredient, it has pretty darn close to identical ingredients as the
Rangen (sp?) brand of koi food. I also on occassion buy a nationally
known manufacturers brand of food just for a chamge, (Land O' Lakes or
Faithway Feed) as it only costs about $2.00 more per 50# sack than
the locally made stuff does......


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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:49:54 GMT, "JB" wrote:

I visited a couple of web sites pricing food for this season (Aqua Mart for
Hakari Staple & Western Pond for Sho Koi) and noticed a jump in prices.
Between the two, Western Pond was offering 10 lbs of Sho Koi for $56.98,
including shipping costs. This seems about $7.00 higher than last year.

What are you feeding? And, where are you buying it?
John

Hi John, I purchased thru Western Outdoor Aquatics/Western Pond. I guess I
didn't pay attention to the price change. I usually get my Sho Koi, 10 lbs.
& Sho Gold at the same time so I get the free shipping. I also ordered a
box of Manda Fu, so that should cover me for this season.

~ jan, certified AKCA koi health advisor.
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See my ponds and filter design:
www.jjspond.us

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

"Gareee©" wrote in message
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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Head to your nearest Farm & Home store such as Tractor Supply and buy
there......

I took that advise, and it's been very beneficial. I think we got a 50 lb
bag for $6-$8.
=====================
Yes, and watch for sales. Last spring we only paid $9.99 per 50lb bag.
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are two Koi-Lo's on the Aquaria Groups.*
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...

Head to your nearest Farm & Home store such as Tractor Supply and buy
there......

I took that advise, and it's been very beneficial. I think we got a 50 lb
bag for $6-$8.
=====================
Yes, and watch for sales. Last spring we only paid $9.99 per 50lb bag.

Scratches head....You paid $9.99 on sale.. I got mine for less without a
sale!


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Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

"Gareee©" wrote in message
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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"Gareee©" wrote in message
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...

Head to your nearest Farm & Home store such as Tractor Supply and buy
there......

I took that advise, and it's been very beneficial. I think we got a 50
lb bag for $6-$8.
=====================
Yes, and watch for sales. Last spring we only paid $9.99 per 50lb bag.

Scratches head....You paid $9.99 on sale.. I got mine for less without a
sale!
====================
Which product did you buy? Catfish chow here runs around $10.99 per 50 bag.
Trout chow about the same. After spending over $5 a lb for koi and GF foods
I thought that was a bargain.

I've never seen the 50 lb bags go that cheap. I thought perhaps it was a
typo and you meant $16 to $18 a 50lb bag.
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are two Koi-Lo's on the Aquaria Groups.*
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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Which product did you buy? Catfish chow here runs around $10.99 per 50
bag. Trout chow about the same. After spending over $5 a lb for koi and
GF foods I thought that was a bargain.

I've never seen the 50 lb bags go that cheap. I thought perhaps it was a
typo and you meant $16 to $18 a 50lb bag.

I'd have to check.. keep in mind I AM in the boondocks, and prices aren't
always jacked up, and customers taken advantage of.

Kinda weird living this way... LOL!


--
Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

Rangen. http://makeashorterlink.com/?U10B215EC
look for fish food with water type proteins, like krill or fish meal in the first
couple ingredients. and take a good sniff... if it smells rancid for God's sake dont
feed it to the fish. High quality food should be frozen and only take out what is
needed for the week. Ingrid

"JB" wrote:

I visited a couple of web sites pricing food for this season (Aqua Mart for
Hakari Staple & Western Pond for Sho Koi) and noticed a jump in prices.
Between the two, Western Pond was offering 10 lbs of Sho Koi for $56.98,
including shipping costs. This seems about $7.00 higher than last year.

What are you feeding? And, where are you buying it?

TIA

John




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"JB" writes:

I visited a couple of web sites pricing food for this season (Aqua Mart for
Hakari Staple & Western Pond for Sho Koi) and noticed a jump in prices.
Between the two, Western Pond was offering 10 lbs of Sho Koi for $56.98,
including shipping costs. This seems about $7.00 higher than last year.

What are you feeding? And, where are you buying it?

I order Rangen 25 lb bags direct from the factory.
The last number I used was 208 543 6421
If I recall correctly, it was about $30 plus $10 shipping.

I still want to try catfish or trout chow someday. Does anyone know if
one floats better than the other? I would guess that catfish sinks
and trout floats...

"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
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I still want to try catfish or trout chow someday. Does anyone know if
one floats better than the other? I would guess that catfish sinks
and trout floats...
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BOTH of them float.
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
rec.pond's FAQ are at: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
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"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
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BOTH of them float.

For a while at least... LOL!

"They all float.. they all float down here......"

....Pennywise the Clown....




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Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

the problem with corn based foods is the same problem found with that dog food that
was killing dogs earlier this year... contamination with fungus that causes toxins.
food for trout and catfish is formulated to first be as cheap as possible and then
put weight on the fish as fast as possible so they can be harvested as fast as
possible. this food is not formulated for the long term health of pet fish. corn is
implicated in liver disease in fish, perhaps rancidity and fungal toxins are the
underlying cause. a good rule of thumb is feed what the breeders feed.
Ingrid

Andrew Burgess wrote:

"JB" writes:

I visited a couple of web sites pricing food for this season (Aqua Mart for
Hakari Staple & Western Pond for Sho Koi) and noticed a jump in prices.
Between the two, Western Pond was offering 10 lbs of Sho Koi for $56.98,
including shipping costs. This seems about $7.00 higher than last year.

What are you feeding? And, where are you buying it?

I order Rangen 25 lb bags direct from the factory.
The last number I used was 208 543 6421
If I recall correctly, it was about $30 plus $10 shipping.

I still want to try catfish or trout chow someday. Does anyone know if
one floats better than the other? I would guess that catfish sinks
and trout floats...




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/
sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website.
I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan

"Gareee©" wrote in message
...
"Koi-Lo" wrote in message
...

BOTH of them float.

For a while at least... LOL!

"They all float.. they all float down here......"

...Pennywise the Clown....


=======================
Hey, I read that book. :-)
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
rec.pond's FAQ are at: http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
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