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A couple of questions:
The water is up around 57 degrees and I fed them a little bit. I used the Tetra Pond verity blend. How many sticks should I feed a 5 inch koi? How many times a day? What time is best? They took it rite away. They must be hungry after not eating all winter. Thank's Pete |
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"Peter Smith" wrote in message ... A couple of questions: The water is up around 57 degrees and I fed them a little bit. I used the Tetra Pond verity blend. How many sticks should I feed a 5 inch koi? How many times a day? What time is best? I don't use those sticks so can't say. I stand there and toss food in until I can see they have all they want. I go by how they act. Mine are eating once a day now except when the water is over 60F, in which case I'll give them another light feeding around dinnertime. I'll start feeding them twice a day, every day when the water stays above 60F. There shouldn't be any leftovers floating around when you walk away from the pond. They took it rite away. They must be hungry after not eating all winter. Thank's Pete They sure are. Mine are ravenous. -- Koi-Lo.... the ReelMcKoi Frugal ponding since 1995. Aquariums since 1952. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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"Peter Smith" wrote in message
A couple of questions: The water is up around 57 degrees and I fed them a little bit. I used the Tetra Pond verity blend. How many sticks should I feed a 5 inch koi? How many times a day? What time is best? Water in the 50's feed 2-3 times/week once/day. Water in the 60's feed every day 1-2x/day. Water in the 70's feed 2-5x/day (this depends on how much you're feeding each time. I can feed more often because I only feed what they'll eat in about a minute. If following the 5 minute rule I wouldn't feed more than 2-3 times/day.) Water above 85*F don't feed. At this temp your filter is not working at optimum. ~ jan -------------- See my ponds and filter design: www.jjspond.us ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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What brand food do you use?
I usually on feed fish once a day. I do the same with my aquarium. Over feeding is something I learned not to do over the years. Why do you feed more around 70° ? I can see not feeding around 85° How would I go about feeding my frog? Or should I let him fend for himself. Sometimes I find (Herman), my frog on the rim on the outside of the pond. Do they have to get out to eat? I made the rocks on the rim a little higher then last year. Should I make it lower like last year? I'd say it's about 4 or 5 inches high all around. He looks exactly like the frog on the left at the top of koi-lo's home page. What kind of frog is it? koi-lo and ~janj , nice webpages! Thank's Pete |
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"Peter Smith" wrote in message ... What brand food do you use? I usually on feed fish once a day. I do the same with my aquarium. Over feeding is something I learned not to do over the years. Overfeeding is when you feed so much the fish can't eat it all and it decomposes in the water. Not a good thing to do. Why do you feed more around 70° ? I can see not feeding around 85° Mine get fed even when the water is in the 90s without a problem. Some of us live in areas of hot summers. How would I go about feeding my frog? Or should I let him fend for himself. Sometimes I find (Herman), my frog on the rim on the outside of the pond. Do they have to get out to eat? I made the rocks on the rim a little higher then last year. Should I make it lower like last year? Frogs can take care of their own food needs. :-) Some will even eat your fish. I'd say it's about 4 or 5 inches high all around. He looks exactly like the frog on the left at the top of koi-lo's home page. What kind of frog is it? That's a BULLFROG and they eat fish, birds, anything they can cram down their throats with the help of both front feet. koi-lo and ~janj , nice webpages! Thank you. Thank's Pete -- Koi-Lo.... the ReelMcKoi Frugal ponding since 1995. Aquariums since 1952. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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What brand food do you use?
I feed Shokoi, Manda Fu and sometimes HyFeng (spelling?). I usually on feed fish once a day. That's fine too. I was thinking more along the lines of a koi pond, where we're wanting growth. Why do you feed more around 70° ? That's the optimum temp when fish are active and filter is running at its best. How would I go about feeding my frog? Pete Frogs fend for themselves, self feeding, ah, the best pet. ) As long as he can get out of the pond, sides should be no problem. ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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I put up a small little white pickett fence today on the back side of
the pond. It looks cool! How could obtain lilly pads cheaply? The place I go too wants to much ) Do lilly pads tolerate salt? Are their any cheap alternatives, like house plants in pots that can be submerged to water level? The problem is when I put floating plants in, they always end up under the waterfall and keep churning upside down. I need more plants in and around the outside. I have a nice potted plant that I got last year. It's in the house rite now in a 3 gal fish tank with a filter. It did great all winter, I kept cutting it back. I've haven't put it back in yet. I'm waiting for the temps. outside to get a little warmer. Can anyone tell me the name of it? The leaves are like Pacasandra ground cover with little yellow mum like flowers. Or like (melapodem) spelling? I'll try to post a link to what melapodem looks like. Thank's Pete |
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"Peter Smith" wrote in message ... I put up a small little white pickett fence today on the back side of the pond. It looks cool! How could obtain lilly pads cheaply? Wal*Mart has them now for under $6 each. The place I go too wants to much ) Do lilly pads tolerate salt? I can't answer that one as I don't use salt in my ponds. Are their any cheap alternatives, like house plants in pots that can be submerged to water level? Peace Lilly will work. If you join a local pond club you'll get more free plants than you can use. The problem is when I put floating plants in, they always end up under the waterfall and keep churning upside down. I need more plants in and around the outside. I have a nice potted plant that I got last year. It's in the house rite now in a 3 gal fish tank with a filter. It did great all winter, I kept cutting it back. I've haven't put it back in yet. I'm waiting for the temps. outside to get a little warmer. Can anyone tell me the name of it? The leaves are like Pacasandra ground cover with little yellow mum like flowers. Or like (melapodem) spelling? I'll try to post a link to what melapodem looks like. ?? -- 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.* ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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This is the plant it looks like.
I hope this works: Melampodium: http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/0704melampodium3.jpg thank's Pete |
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On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:02:20 -0400, (Peter Smith) wrote:
This is the plant it looks like. I hope this works: Melampodium: http://home.hiwaay.net/~oliver/0704melampodium3.jpg thank's Pete Marsh Marigold? http://www.wiseacre-gardens.com/plan...hmarigold.html ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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